The Luna Rebirth

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from my mind. The walls seemed to close in around me, suffocating and unfa

s were quiet, the muffled sounds of wolves settling in for the night fading into the dist

ing me. It was the only place where I felt I could breathe. I moved through t

trayal and pain flooded my mind, each one sharper than the last. I clenche

incts screaming danger. The scent hit me first-familiar yet wrong, like some

s gleaming in the moonlight. He didn't belong to Kieran's pack

afety, rogue," he said, his

aze without flinching. "Who a

ht. "You've made quite the impression, stirring up trou

you're really after?" I sa

s just say your presence complicates things. My pack does

pulse racing. This was more than a

cutting through the silence. My heart leapt as Kier

ing," Kieran sai

ld his ground. "Just a friendly warning,

s chest was enough to make the intr

, but the stranger finally retrea

expression unreadable.

" I said, my v

"That wolf wasn't just passin

oo?" I shot back, the frustra

"Until I know wha

er

defiance that both intrigued and infuriated me. Seraph

something deep inside me. She didn't understand the dangers lurking in the

off," I said, my tone so

a thin line. "I don'

," I said, stepping close

aw and vulnerable. For a moment, the walls she'd built ar

shoulders stiff. "I d

I said quietly. "

mes. The forest around us seemed to hold its

aph

se, the weight of his gaze lingering long after he left. He w

untangle it before it strangled me. The stranger's warnin

efusing to settle. Who was that wolf, and what did his pack w

s, but the urgency in my chest refused to

er

for the day's patrols. I stood on the balcony overlooking the

"We found tracks near the southern bo

gn of a

t's clear they've been w

. "Double the patrols. I want eve

ated. "And

irmly. "If they're targetin

dn't trust Seraphina, and I couldn't blame him. But some

aph

e after the intruder's appearance. I could feel their suspic

presence distant yet watchful. I didn't know if he was protect

his expression unreadable. I ignored him, focusing on the task at ha

aching by the time the sun reached its peak. Despite the stares

ended, his gaze sweeping over the wolv

n us heavy. We stopped at the edge of the forest,

t the wolf from last night

," I said. "He said my pre

ghtened. "They'

hink I'm t

adable in his eyes. "I think you

d my ground. "Believe what you

hick with unspoken truths. For a moment, neither of us

id, his voice low. "The for

after he left. The forest held answers, and I