Alpha Orion
Every brush of their shoulders, every accidental glance, carried that same electricity that lingered from the night before.
"We'll be in the East before sunset," Orion said as they made their way through the thick stretch of forest. His tone was calm and steady, the kind of reassurance that settled her, if only for a moment.
But peace never lasted long.
A few hours later, the moment they crossed into the territory of the Eastern Realm, the forest erupted with movement. Shadows lunged from between the trees: Lycans, some in their beast form, teeth bared, snarling at the intruder on their lands.