Silver Oath
For months—years—his dreams had been haunted by visions of a silver-haired woman calling his name.
Elira tilted her head, watching him as if reading the thought before he finished it. “Our meeting was never meant to be chance, Kaelen Thorne. Your life is not your own—it never has been.”
He swallowed hard. “What does that mean?”
“It means,” she said, her voice low and steady, “that your blood is older than this village, older than the walls of kings. You are the last of the Thorne line—the bloodline sworn to bind three worlds in balance. And if the wolves found you tonight, then the balance is already unraveling.”