Chapter 25 The Truth

• The night felt endless.
• Cassia and Kael didn’t stop running until the lights of a human town flickered on the horizon. The scent of wolves and blood faded behind them, replaced by asphalt, gasoline, and the distant hum of life continuing as if the world hadn’t just fallen apart. As if hers hadn’t just been destroyed.
• Kael shifted back into his human form as they reached the edge of the town, his breathing heavy but controlled. The run had barely tired him — but Cassia knew it wasn’t physical exhaustion that weighed on him. It was everything else. The blood. The loss. The war they’d barely escaped.