Mated to the Alpha CEO
But all she could think about was the hollow in her chest and the old wolf's final words.
The light will grow back. Your light. Not Clara's light, not Selene's light. Your light.
She didn't believe it. But she had promised to try.
The journey out of the Black Mountain was a blur.
Lira walked in a fog, her body moving on instinct while her mind drifted. The grey light of the Blightlands had begun to change — the sickly yellow-grey was fading, replaced by a paler, cleaner light. The silence was broken by the distant sound of wind, real wind, carrying the first hints of a world coming back to life.