I was stunned. Completely frozen in place, like time itself had fractured around me.
I was stunned. Completely frozen in place, like time itself had fractured around me.
The words I’d just overheard refused to settle in my mind. They scattered like broken glass across my thoughts, each shard sharp, jagged, and agonizing. But the weight of them pressed down on my chest like an avalanche, threatening to crush everything I thought I knew. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t think. And I couldn’t speak.
The truth I had just uncovered wasn’t just heavy—it was devastating. It was shattering.
My family is alive. They are alive.
They weren’t dead like they told me. Not slaughtered by rogues in some tragic ambush. Not erased from existence like some tragic footnote in the pack's history.
They were
