THE LUNA THEY NEVER WANTED
They didn’t anymore, not over me.
We made camp at the valley’s northern edge, close enough to the stone circle to reach it quickly, far enough that we weren’t crowded in among packs whose loyalties we couldn’t fully verify. Xander sent scouts out immediately, quiet, careful, checking the perimeter for any sign of Corvin’s people among the gathered crowds.
I found Wren sitting apart again, staring toward the stone circle in the fading light, her hand pressed flat against her chest.
“It’s loud here,” she said, before I could ask. “Not sound. Just, presence. Like standing in a room full of people all talking at once, except none of them are speaking with their mouths.”