= Mikael =
“Alpha!”
The sharp call cut through the air before I could even turn. A wolf sprinting toward me skidded to a halt and shifted mid-stride, bones snapping and reforming in a blur of muscle and skin until he stood before me in human form. I followed suit without hesitation, the familiar burn of shifting rippling through me as I landed on solid ground, fully human once more.
I recognized him instantly.
One of the deltas I had personally assigned to Amara.
That alone sent a spike of unease through my chest.
“Miss Amara entered the Moon Forest,” he said, breathless, hands braced on his knees as he struggled to catch his breath. His voice shook—not from exhaustion alone, but from something dangerously close to panic. “We tried to stop her, Alpha. We did. But we… couldn’t.”
I st
