Luna Aurora (Alpha Fenrir)

Chapter 90

The camp's fires burned low, casting flickering shadows over the exhausted wolves. Aurora sat apart from the others, her blade resting across her knees. The glow of the Celestial Pact had dimmed after the fissure's collapse, but the weight in her chest remained, heavy and unyielding. Cassian approached quietly, his steps slow from lingering injuries. He lowered himself onto the ground beside her, his hand brushing hers.

"You should rest," he said, his voice low but firm.

"I can't," Aurora replied, her gaze fixed on the embers of the fire. "Every time I close my eyes, I see him. I see what he's doing to the Pact."

Cassian sighed, his fingers curling around hers. "You can't carry this alone. We're in this together."

Aurora met his gaze, the steady warmth in his eyes a balm against her turmoil. "Then tell me how we stop him."

The morning brought little comfort,

Nathan said, his expression grim. "The fissures were a major part of

Anica added, their tone sharp. "He knows

jaw tightened. "Then we need to

their gaze flicking to Aurora. "There's something else. I've been tracking the energy flow since the last fissure collapsed. It's shifting-concentrating in one location." "Where?" Cassian asked, his voice

within the forest. "Here. It's

map, her chest tightening.

stirring uneasily, its warmth flickering like a fragile flame. Cassian stayed close to her, his presence steady despite the tension in his movements. Nathan and Anica led the way, their eyes scanning the shadows

they neared the clearing, Anica held up

they murmured, their