I fell asleep the way only exhaustion can gift you, heavy, boneless, and wrapped in warmth and the steady rise and fall of Damon’s chest behind me. Whatever fire had burned between us earlier had softened into embers, glowing quietly beneath my skin. He slept deeply, one arm draped over my waist, his breath warm against the back of my neck, anchoring me to the present.That was how the dream found me.There was no falling into it. No blur. One moment I was asleep, and the next I was standing barefoot on silver ground that glimmered like frost beneath moonlight. The sky above me was vast and pale, the moon impossibly large, watching……always watching.She was already there.The Moon Goddess.She stood a short distance away in her true form, the white silvery wolf, her fur glowing as though it were woven from light itself. Usually, when she appeared, there was comfort. Even in fear, there had been reassurance, a sense that no matter the cost, balance would be restored.But not this time.
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