The Wolf Who Chose Me
The eighth flame shimmered alongside it, quiet but sure.
And in that silence, Azriel remembered.
Mira, the blade who fought for the broken even when she bled.
Velan, the songkeeper who memorized grief.
Elen, the scribe who inked sorrow into the sky.
Orren, the cold flame who tried to forget and almost succeeded.
Kael, his constant—his anchor, his mirror.
The boy, the youngest bearer, chosen not by prophecy but by kindness.
And Elarai—not given, but chosen.