The Stray Moon
She smiles, then leans in, whispering so low only I could possibly hear it: “Nightwind falls only if you let it.”
Then she’s gone, her footsteps lost in the echo of the room.
Outside, the air has grown colder, the wind sharper. The moon is high, bright enough to erase every shadow. I find myself wanting to run, to shed the trappings of Alpha and let the wolf have its way, if only for a night. But the job is to watch, and to wait, and to never, ever look away.
I take one last look at the empty chamber, at the benches where ghosts now sit. Then I follow the corridor to where Wren waits, her fate suspended, the future a blade balanced on the edge of prophecy and will.
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