By the time the sun climbed high enough to burn away the morning mist, the entire camp had shifted from alarm to something far worse. Fear was easy to understand. The unknown was not. And right now, the unknown sat like a living thing in the middle of camp, pulsing with every whispered mention of my name.
I sat on the edge of the medic cot, hands still trembling. Ronan had not moved from my side since the vision ended. Kade paced outside the tent, barking orders at anyone who dared breathe wrong. Warriors avoided looking directly at me, as if my skin carried answers they were afraid to hear.
Then the summons went out.
Not for warriors. Not for trackers.
For elders.
People who had not stepped into daylight for weeks emerged from their shadowed corners like ghosts being forced into the
