The Feral Pact

ects of the battle, her breath shallow as her senses tried to adjust to the sudden stillness. Her claws, now retracted, glowed faintly in the

s behind. "You are the one." What did it mean? What was s

l seemed to shift around her, as though they were alive, watching her every move. Her body f

his words sharp, cutting through the fog o

hadn't realized she was capable of. There was something almost unnatural in her gaze, somethi

hoarse, laced with the tremor of raw em

r some clue in her expression. "What you felt... what you did wasn't normal. It w

ugh escaping her lips. "I don't ev

ade, leaving behind an unsettling emptiness. She could still feel the pulse

more than just a Shade-Wolf, Solara. And t

had heard their name once, whispered in shadows, but she hadn't understood

ade-Wolf'?" she asked, her voice t

neck as though he were trying to decide how much to

once part of something far bigger, far older. A force that existed before the realms were fractured,

ough her very core. A force older than time itself? It sounded like a legend, something out of myth, not something she c

han to him. "Why is this happening now? I'

re part of a pact agreement made long ago. But it was broken, and the world is beginning to unravel because of it. That

ing as though the earth itself was preparing to crumble. "Th

a deep-rooted fear. "The Keepers are searching for a way to restore the Pact. If they succeed, everything you've ever

he realms fractured? Is darkness worse than the Feral One? Her mind was spinning, and he

never leaving hers. "You're the key to stopping it. But only if you can contro

She had no idea how, and the thought terrified her. The power inside her had come in a rush, overwhelmi

said, the words slipping ou

e need to move quickly. The Keepers will be closin

hatever future they had planned. But what if they were right? What if she was the key to something bigger, something that ha

o begin," she said, her vo

n replied. "And you start

steady and unyielding, but the storm inside her was just beginning. She knew she couldn't go back to the life

no longer afraid to walk it. Whatever dark

voice steady now, her eyes meetin

e we can hide for now. A place the Keepers won't be able

ent force, the Keepers, the Feral One... it was all connected to her now. Her bloodline,

follow it. The Feral Pact had been broken, and now,

nce at Kaelen, she

cavern and the remnants of the battle, knowing that the future wa