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CHAPTER 116 — THE HIDDEN ROOM BENEATH THE RUINS

Author: Ella Mahmud
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-01 00:30:12

The storm had not stopped since the moment Aria and Killian left the council chamber. Winds slammed violently against the stone walls of the Nightfang fortress, rattling windows and sending loose branches flying across the courtyard. The pack grounds felt tense—too quiet, too alert—as if every wolf sensed something dark creeping closer.

Aria walked beside Killian, her heartbeat still uneven from the heavy revelations of the last chapter. The truth about the rogue attacks, the stolen relics, and the Shadowborn’s return was hanging like a thick fog around them. But something else kept replaying in Aria’s mind: the way Killian had looked at her, that raw mixture of guilt and fierce protectiveness. Even after everything—after enemies resurfaced, after loyalties were questioned—his eyes softened only for her.

They moved down the narrow corridor that led toward the old wing of the fortress, the one destroyed during the Great War years ago. Killian’s hand brushed hers as they reached the col
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