– Something B

thick with fog

shadows and sunlight alike. No birds sang. No breeze sti

r the edge of the clearing

dn't

m had co

ppling beneath a form not fully his own, claws twitching with tension, breath heavy with heat and hunge

ted to g

anted

eth had ached like he'd bee

_____________

urnal. She wasn't sketching flowers or jotting notes about plants like the others. Her pages were f

s were ch

to hear Aiden'

ng words-b

ll

en she looked up, she spotted Amara ac

silence-an unspoken

didn't

r did

_____________

cted to follow different trails and journal their findings-leaves, animal prints, s

entered the woods, t

h Selene and Jace, their instruct

nudging her shoulder playfully. "Not feel

en forests go qu

eyebrow. "You

es

l. "I feel it too. Like we're

"Okay, creepy forest girl mode engaged.

looked over

flin

rouched between the trees-a shape too low to be a man, to

aybe I'll stick a littl

_____________

nd Aiden had been pa

y req

...

y sound the crunch of their boots and the o

again?" Valeria

didn't

ing. "Aiden. Don

ere a little too dilated, his hands trembling slightly. He looked

d. "In the dream. Y

replied. "Beca

his jaw. "That'

n. Whatever this is, it's waking up in both of

t say

sn't mean we should

, but tethered by something that d

n the trees, a scr

. But sharp. C

_____________

head j

that?" she ask

as alrea

es whipping past their faces-until they found Elias, standing jus

ned?" Selen

. She... she saw something. Ran

woods?" Am

nod

st him and plunged into the

_____________

Rhea ten mi

ale. Shaking. Sitting against a tree wit

looked like a wolf-but standing. It was so fast.

ok like?" Selen

silver. It wasn't human. But i

changed

said th

t

_____________

chers held the stud

re splitting into groups.

kept glancing t

afraid of

whisper something to A

he fire, her hand brushing his

ll evening. Just st

ely more than a sliver-rose like

s coming...

_____________