Vengeance Under the Full MoonChapter 1

The darkened forest welcomed me as I made my way back home. Stormveil Hollow. My home pack. I had been away for so long that it almost felt like a dream—a distant memory of where I belonged. But it was no dream. The forest was as familiar to me as my own skin. Every step I took through the towering pines, every breath of the crisp, earthy air, pulled me closer to the life I had left behind.

And to Draven.

I thought of him constantly over the past two years. My mate, my love. We were promised to one another long before I left, bound by more than just the traditions of the pack. He had been my anchor, my partner, the one person who understood me completely. The night before I left for my training, we stood beneath this same moon, and he promised me that when I returned, our future would begin.

But now, as the trees opened up to reveal the village lights of Stormveil Hollow, I felt a weight settle in my chest. Something was different. Something I couldn’t quite name, but it gnawed at me from the moment I stepped foot back on this land.