Jacob’s POV Three nights. Seventy-two hours until the full moon rose and Thorn brought his shadow army to our gates. The camp had transformed overnight into a fortress under siege preparations. Stakes sharpened to needle points ringed the outer perimeter in double rows. Fire pits smoked at regular intervals ready to blaze on command. Archers practiced draws on the new towers we raised from felled pines. Every able wolf trained—blades clashed in the central clearing, bows twanged on the ridges, and younger fighters shifted in and out of wolf form under Riven and Lira’s sharp commands. Supplies moved steadily to the inner ring: dried meat, water barrels, healing herbs, spare weapons. Vulnerable wolves—elders, pups, the still-recovering—stayed sheltered behind the strongest barricades. I walked the lines checking every detail. My thoughts stayed locked on survival. Thorn carried Nyra’s power now. He fed on her curse the entire time we believed him caged. His army no longer feared sil
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