The Wolf Who Chose Me
Not torn or frantic.
They emerged from the cracks of the hollow, slow and ancient—like strands of memory uncoiling after an eternity of stillness. They glided through the air, brushing across wrists, temples, hearts—not binding, not pulling. Just… noticing.
Elen gasped softly as her ink lifted, drifting toward the threads like it recognized something it had waited lifetimes to meet. “It’s touching my stories,” she whispered.
Velan knelt, trembling. “No… it’s reading them.”