FAZER LOGINThey’re coming.”The words left my lips like a warning I couldn’t take back.Silence followed.Not the calm kind. Not the kind that settles gently over a place like a blanket. This silence was sharp tense like the air itself was holding its breath, waiting for something unseen to break through.Kael didn’t move immediately.But I felt it.The shift in him.His body went still, but not relaxed never relaxed. It was the stillness of a predator calculating, weighing, preparing to strike before the threat even revealed itself.“Who is coming?” he asked, his voice low, controlled.I swallowed hard, my throat dry.“I don’t know,” I admitted, my fingers tightening against my sides. “But… it didn’t feel like the rogues.”That much, I was certain of.The rogues had been wild, unstable but what I felt through that connection… it was different.Older.Intentional.Hunting.Kael’s jaw tightened slightly.Behind him, the warriors shifted uneasily, exchanging glances. Even Cassian, who rarely showe
The world didn’t feel the same anymore.Everything was louder.Sharper.Alive in a way I had never experienced before.The moment the voice inside my head spoke again, something shifted permanently within me. The dull emptiness I had carried my entire life, the silence that marked me as broken, was gone.Replaced by something wild.Something powerful.Something that scared me.Stand up.The voice was clearer now.Stronger.It didn’t echo faintly anymore; it resonated, firm and commanding, like it belonged there.Like it had always belonged there.My breath came in uneven bursts as I slowly lifted my head. The pain hadn’t disappeared, but it had changed. It was no longer a tearing, unbearable force, it was a pressure. A growing presence stretching into existence.“I…” My voice shook. “I can feel it.”Kael didn’t release me.His hand remained steady on my shoulder, grounding me as the storm inside me raged.“I know,” he said quietly.Around us, the tension in the valley had reached its
The pain didn’t come all at once.It started as a slow, deep burn beneath my ribs like heat gathering in a place that had always been empty. For years, there had been nothing there. No presence. No voice. No wolf.Just silence.Now, that silence was breaking.I dropped to my knees, my fingers digging into the fabric of my clothes as the heat spread outward, curling through my chest and into my limbs. My breath came out in short, uneven gasps.“Aflira.”Kael’s voice reached me, low and sharp, cutting through the haze.Strong hands caught my shoulders before I could collapse completely. The moment his touch steadied me, the burning sensation intensified.I cried out.It felt like something inside me was pushing stretching against boundaries that had never existed before.“What’s happening to her?” Cassian demanded.Kael didn’t answer immediately.Instead, his grip tightened slightly, his eyes locked on mine as if he was searching for something beneath the surface.“Look at me,” he said
The tension in the valley thickened after Kael’s words.No one spoke immediately after he said it they’re hunting something… and it’s connected to her.It hung in the air like a shadow no one could quite step out of.Around us, the warriors moved with sharper purpose now. What had begun as a defensive reaction had shifted into something far more focused. Wolves lined the edges of the valley, their massive forms rigid, their glowing eyes fixed on the forest beyond. Even in human form, the warriors carried a different kind of stillness the kind that came just before violence.Kael stood at the center of it all.Unmoving.Unshaken.Blood still marked his shoulder, but he didn’t seem to notice it anymore. His attention remained locked on the tree line, his presence alone enough to steady the entire pack.Cassian stepped closer to him, his voice lower now, more serious.“You said ten rogues.”Kael didn’t look at him.“Yes.”“Were they scattered… or moving together?”There was a brief pause
The howl echoed through the valley long after the sound itself faded.For a few seconds, everything around me seemed to freeze. The warriors who had been sparring moments earlier stopped mid-movement, their attention snapping toward the distant mountains. Even the wind brushing through the trees felt as though it had stilled, as if the entire territory was holding its breath.Then, without warning, the valley exploded into motion.Warriors shifted instantly. The sound of bones cracking and reshaping filled the air as wolves burst through skin and clothing. Within seconds, several massive wolves were sprinting across the training grounds toward the forest border, their movements swift and purposeful. Others grabbed weapons from racks along the field, moving quickly to join defensive positions.The calm morning I had stepped into only moments ago vanished completely.Now the air buzzed with urgency and tension.I stood frozen near the edge of the training grounds, unsure what to do or w
Morning arrived slowly over the Blackthorn valley.I woke to the faint glow of sunlight slipping through the small window beside my bed. For a moment I forgot where I was. The unfamiliar scent of pine and mountain air filled the room, and the distant sounds of wolves moving outside drifted through the quiet.Then everything from the night before rushed back.Kael.The rogues.Cassian’s words.“She’s hiding something much stronger.”I sat up slowly, my chest tightening as the memory replayed itself. The strange warmth that had appeared inside me the night before had faded, but the echo of it still lingered beneath my ribs like a secret waiting to wake again.For eighteen years I had believed I was broken.Wolfless.Cursed.Now suddenly everyone seemed convinced that something powerful was hidden inside me.I didn’t know whether that idea frightened me more… or gave me hope.After a few minutes I forced myself to stand and step outside.The valley looked different in daylight.Where the







