“Open the door, Silver Wolf.”

Silas’s voice did not come through Elara’s ears.

It came through the Moonwell.

Through the Eclipse Shard.

Through every place where corrupted lunar power touched the real thing.

Astra dug her claws into the earth.

Black pressure wr

The hidden clearing was no longer hidden.

Black metal stakes surrounded the Moonwell.

Six of them.

Driven deep into the earth.

Dark energy ran between them like chains.

At the center stood Silas Crowe.

Human.

Tall.

Thin.

Nothing about him looked powerful enough

Dawn came slowly over Crimson Fang.

No one cheered at first.

They were too tired.

The battlefield was full of wounded wolves who had been enemies hours earlier and victims by morning.

Royal healers worked beside Crimson Fang healers.

Alliance warriors carried f