The Wolf Who Chose Me
“What happened to them?”
“Some fell silent,” Nael whispered. “Some vanished.” He looked up, eyes heavy. “But one… turned cold.”
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That night, the stars didn’t shine.
They flickered. Like something behind them had shifted.
Azriel woke with a gasp, the sixth flame flaring quietly in his chest.
The boy stirred from beside the embers. “Another flame,” he said, voice trembling. “It just woke up.”
A wind rose from the cliffs, sharp and cold. It carried the scent of forgotten fire—like Silorith’s last breath, twisted by something colder.