CALL ON A DISTANT PACK

o her room, leaving behind a faint echo of footsteps on the creaking floorboards. Evelyn stood there, fr

the strange symbols carved on it glowed faintly in the dim light of the la

it off after leaving it earlier. It seemed as if i

e said it now! It's marked, Xavier!" The anger, th

houlder, and the howling wolves that appeared only outside her window. The shadows (in the room) seemed

ally did seem different that night, less heavenly and more like a trap. The silence was broken by a sligh

ment. A sphere of something just beyond the tree line, at the edge of the woods behind t

im light behind her) so as not to be seen. Looking thro

rk void; the edge of the forest seemed threatening

yn gasped (it was the same piercing gaze she had encounte

and the medal fell to the g

ting so hard that she could hardly hear anything else. Was it the same wolf?

couldn't look away. There was something about the wolf's presence that seemed unnatural

stood there, her face pale, her mouth in a grim line. "You saw

st resigned, as she had expec

suddenly, approaching. Her eyes moved away from the window, her expression darkening. "They're

it up, her fingers trembling slightly as she held it in her palm. "This locket," Dorin whispered, almost to herself, "It shou

d, and now this? What does that mean? I'm connected to

t moment)," Doreen continued, her voice low but strong, almost as if she were reciting a truth she

They want you to fulfill your role," said a deep, hard voice from the shadows of the hallway. Evelyn's h

aring at her. "I came to make sure you did your job," Xavier said, his gaze drifting away from Evelyn. "But you

arn at her own pace." "The package is already here." They watch her, waiting for her to come to them. If she doesn'

s chosen her. Whether she is ready or not, the pack will seek her out. If she resists..

he middle of an ancient feud between wolves and... what, exactly? Her

ws, its slender silhouette illuminated by the moonlight. It was massive, its fur a deep silver-grey that

e of the night, echoing through the house and deep into Evelyn's chest. "He's calling you," Xavier said seriously. Evelyn

swer, but the look in his eyes wa

e heard, echoing deep in the forest. Evelyn held her breath as she rea

choice to ma

at Xavier, then at the window, h

n, as if the decision had been made for him, t