THE FORSAKEN LUNA'S JOURNEY

e pack's territory. We moved through the familiar forest trails with a wariness that

dest friend and most stalwart ally, he had appointed himself my

the attack," he muttered under his breath as we made our way back to the

rds, something in Victor's cold, appraising stare that day had embedded the seed of doubt deep wit

air. The haunting cry reverberated through the trees, raising the hackles

e hissed. "Something'

ing past in a pattern of greens and browns. Ethan's thundering footfalls qui

mbers young and old milled about in clear panic, frantic shouts and cries filling the air. A knot o

rora, my younger sister by two years. Her fiery red hair wa

d, throwing her arms around me in a fierce embrace.

back from Aurora's frantic clutches. "What in

anguish unlike anything I'd ever heard. The gathered crowd parted like a wave, revealin

Maria. My heart clenched painfully at the sight of her delicate features fr

beside me. "Maria... She was

ly, her voice thick with restrain

ailed mutely in her wake, weaving through the heart-wrenching ta

lder clutched a tattered scrap of fur to her chest, keening a broken lament. Ev

o finish the question. My m

wd, her shoulders slumped with weariness. Dark circles ringed her eyes, evidence of the strain she had end

o meet mine. "By the time we ro

self. Much like the ambush on Jalen, the element of surpri

ed like livestock." I stepped forward, steeling my voice to mask the waver of trep

. "I had a feeling you would say as much. You

ing the scores of wounded lying scattered throu

ling every ounce of my powers, I moved from one tattered, bleeding form to the next - mending sh

t to those huddled around their injured loved ones, a faint beac

ssly through the den, nor ease the overwhelming sense of terror

d whispers trickled in from neighbouring pack territories - grisly accounts of sim

ed the brutal onslaught. It became increasingly clear that

to the bone: if friend and foe alike had fallen victim to these mass

ape the feeling that these terrible attacks were only the beginnin

ne, I had an unsettling premonition t