Chapter 119

Night had fallen over Astral Moon territory, thick and quiet, as though the entire pack were holding its breath. Moonlight spilled across the balcony of the alpha chambers, silvering the stone floor and catching on the curtains that swayed softly with the breeze.

Inside, a small thump sounded—then another.

Kellan was on the rug, surrounded by wooden wolf figurines, moving them in an oddly intens