Shadows of Survival

Valerie’s POV

It had been a week since the chains of silver had dragged Malachi and his soldiers out of our sight, but the echoes of that day still clung to every breath we took. The Lycan Kingdom was quiet in a way that felt unnatural, as though even the air itself was trying to recover from all the screaming and blood. You could still smell the smoke at dawn, faint and stubborn, as if it had sti