"MIDNIGHT'S MARK"
I saw him at breakfast each morning, our routine held even in crisis,
On the third night, I was in the library when Vera found me.
“I need to show you something,” she said quietly.
I followed her to the medical wing. She led me to her private office and closed the door.
“What is wrong?”
Vera pulled out a file. “I have been researching Midnight's Mark. Going through the old medical texts about the last time it appeared. I found something.”
She spread papers across her desk, copies of ancient records, hand-written in fading ink.
“The last marked pair was named Elena and Marcus, no relation to our current Alpha. They were marked during a similar time of crisis. Something was attacking their pac