Chapter 49 - Birth Darian’s POVThe night wraps around the forest like a heavy, living thing... a blanket of shadows and secrets. The moon hangs low, a thin silver scythe barely slicing through the dark. The air is cool, crisp, carrying the sharp tang of pine and earth, and as Kai and I move silently through the trees, I feel it... that tension, that quiet that isn’t quite right. The kind of quiet that comes before a storm.My pale coat catches what little light filters down, the faint gleam of it a ghostly shimmer against the darkness. Beside me, Kai blends into the night, his dark brown fur making him nearly invisible. We move as one, paws soft on the mossy ground, ears pricked, senses stretched thin. The usual patrol path lies ahead, a trail worn smooth by generations of wolves, but tonight... tonight the forest feels wrong. Like it’s holding its breath. Like it’s waiting.I am Alpha. I wear that weight every day. But out here, under the open sky, I can almost let it go. Out here,
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