Silas povBack in Crescent Pack territory, silence had started to feel permanent.Not the peaceful kind.The empty kind.I stood on the balcony of the Alpha Hall, looking down at my own pack like I was watching something unfamiliar.Patrols moved in strict rotations.No celebration fires.No laughter.No noise that didn’t serve a purpose.Everything had become controlled.Careful.As if the entire pack was afraid that breathing too loudly might make the truth real.Elara Silverfang is dead.That was what they said.That was what the council repeated.That was what I was expected to accept.I didn’t.My wolf didn’t either.It paced inside me constantly now—restless, violent, broken in a way I couldn’t explain to anyone without sounding unstable.The bond was gone.But not gone.That was the worst part.A dead bond is silence.This one still hurts.Behind me, footsteps approached.I didn’t need to turn to know who it was.Nora.She stopped at a respectful distance.“You’re still here,”
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