Claws on Ice
Yasmine nodded, something resolute settling into her expression, and for a moment, walking together toward the parking lot, I let myself believe we actually stood a chance against whatever the full moon was bringing toward all of us.
I drove home slower than usual that night, windows cracked despite the cold, letting the air settle something in my chest I couldn't fully name. My wolf paced the whole drive, alert in a way she hadn't been in weeks, some old instinct already bracing for whatever waited on the other side of ten days. Ten days. Whatever Vale and Hugo had been building toward for weeks, it was finally about to arrive, and every part of me, reasoned and instinctive alike, understoo