Silver Oath
Kaelen grabbed the nearest thing to hand—a rusted iron poker from the hearth—and flung open the door.
The night was chaos. Villagers ran in every direction, clutching children or stumbling under the weight of what belongings they could snatch. A fire roared where a thatched roof had collapsed, sparks carried into the night sky. And among the running shapes, Kaelen saw them—taller than men, their bodies rippling with muscle, their fangs gleaming wet in the firelight. Their eyes burned silver, unnatural and cold.
Werewolves.
Kaelen’s stomach dropped. These were creatures from stories told in hushed voices around the tavern fire, monsters that belonged to the old wars, not to the quiet borderla