Lila’s absence hung over the pack like a looming storm, and as the days continued to pass without any sign of her, the growing darkness began to gnaw at our spirits just as relentlessly as it haunted our territory.
It was on the fourth twilight of her disappearance that the air felt different—charged with an electric tension that buzzed around us. I couldn’t shake the need to explore beyond what we already knew, to dig deeper into the fears we had—because deep in my gut, I felt that the answer to finding Lila lay somewhere within the shadows.
As the sun sank below the horizon and painted the sky with shades of crimson, Marcus and I made our way towards the edge of the forbidden woods. The pack was busy fortifying defenses along the border, ensuring that no darkness breached our sanctuary
