LUNAR VEIL

truggling to keep pace behind her. The howls of the Veil Keepers ech

her voice barely audible over

onah gasped, stumbl

is clothes but his movements still sharp and controlled. He clutc

uring toward a narrow path that

," Eira said, her vo

er," Draven assured her. "We're h

urrowed. "Neut

," Draven snapped, u

ith each step. The sound of rushing water reached their ears, and soon they found t

ading them toward a hidden c

at the forest. "How can you b

grim. "Because the Veil Keepers aren't st

s words settled h

y?" Jonah whisper

s for hybrids-wolves, vampires, and those like

echoed, her v

rusting outsiders," Draven admitt

nto the crevice, disappe

anged a nervous glan

-

thick with the scent of moss and stone. They walked in silence,

walls, casting eerie shadows on the ground. In the center of the cavern stood a gathering of figures-wolves in the

into the cavern, al

s on hybrid land?"

his presence commanding. His eyes shifted bet

," Draven said,

narrowed. "Ref

eepers," Dra

ppled throug

ion darkened. "You

firmly. "And they'll wipe out everythin

ven for a long moment before s

" he asked, his voi

ing his gaze. "I'm Eira.

through the crowd, this

the leader said, his tone unread

her voice firm. "But I'm not here to

ead, his sharp gaze prob

said. "My name is Kael. I lead t

the side. "Take them to the sanctuary. Feed them, clothe

the implication bu

dawn to prove you're not a threat. If you

ned his head.

-

onnected to the main one, filled with

the cots with a groan. "I tho

a muttered, her gaze fixe

her, his expression unreadabl

of running for my life c

freeze," Drav

but a small part of h

cot. "Wake me up if the Veil Keepers

ked despit

turned to Draven. "Do you re

il Keepers won't stop, and neither will the danger. If you want t

re, the weight of his wo

he willing