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 camp began to stir. The morning brought little comfort,

grim. "The fissures were a major part of his plan. Losing

he'll come at us harder," Anica added, their tone sharp.

we need

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

pointing to a remote area deep within the forest. "Here. It's isolated, but if he's

her chest tightening. "Then we take

oppressive energy thickening with each step. Aurora felt the bond to the Celestial Pact stirring uneasily, its warmth

up a hand, signaling for them

murmured, their golden