Chapter 68

• “Ava, you’re not alone in this,” Kade said, his voice steady but full of unspoken weight. His words lingered in the cool night air like a promise. I had heard them countless times before, but tonight they felt different. Tonight, I felt them.
• I took a deep breath, letting the fresh night air fill my lungs. The world outside was quieter than it had been in weeks. The pack was regrouping, rebuilding, after everything that had happened—after the chaos of the war, after everything we’d lost. But now… now, we were starting to heal.
• “I know,” I replied, the words softer than I intended. “But I still feel like I’m standing on the edge of something I can’t control.”