The Lycan King's Werewolf Daughter
I do not step into it, not yet.
Instead, I slip into the shadows, climbing the rocky rise that overlooks the space Maddox favors. From here, I can see everything without being seen. I press my back to stone, slow my breathing, and let my heartbeat match the rhythm of the forest.
I erase my tracks as I go, brushing away disturbed soil, stepping on rock instead of dirt. I have done this my whole life. Survival. Evasion. Waiting.
Waiting is the hardest part.
The minutes stretch thin. The forest hums around me, crickets, distant birds settling for the night, but underneath it all is that same charged silence. The kind that comes before violence.
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