The message carved into the border stone haunts my dreams.We are coming for you, Seraphina.I wake each night with those words echoing in my mind, the cold certainty of a threat I cannot see, cannot touch, cannot fight. The Shadows are out there, waiting. And I do not know who they are or what they want.Kael finds me on the balcony, staring at the moon."You have not slept in three days," he says."I cannot sleep. Every time I close my eyes, I see the message. I see the faces of the wolves who died because of me.""Because of the Shadows.""The Shadows. The disciples. The shadow witch. It is all connected. And I am the one who has to untangle it."He wraps his arms around me. "You do not have to untangle it alone.""I know. But sometimes it feels that way."The next morning, a delegation arrives from the northern territories.They are led by an Alpha named Freya, a wolf of ice and steel. Her fur is white as snow, her eyes pale blue. She does not kneel."Queen Seraphina," she says. "
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