Rex's POV The uneasy feeling still hadn’t left. It sat in my chest like a growing knot tight, pulsing, impossible to ignore. I tried to bury it under the day’s responsibilities, under the laughter I shared with Rose during morning rounds, under the calm of watching our warriors train. But it lingered. And I wasn’t the only one who felt it. Knowing Julian sensed it too made me even more certain this wasn’t nerves from Aries being away, or stress from filling in as Luna. Something was off. I found Julian alone in the strategy room, arms folded, his gaze fixed on nothing in particular. “You’re still feeling it too, right?” I asked, skipping the pleasantries. It had been a full day since that strange feeling swept through the pack. And still, no clarity. Ria had spent the entire night

