The Wolf Who Chose Me
And in the center—an altar.
A skull rested on it. Massive. Cracked. Crowned with dull gold. Not wolf. Not human. Something stranger.
Kael stepped forward, eyes narrowing. “That’s not a wolf.”
Ezra walked closer, his breath catching in his chest. The skull had a shape that didn’t belong in this world—sharp, long, unnaturally curved. Wrong in a way that made his stomach twist.
Below it, a flame burned. It didn’t float. It sat. Low. Blue. Quiet. But when Ezra stepped closer, it flickered in time with his pulse.