Chapter 18 Seeds Of Defiance

• The weeks that followed their return to the Crimson Moon Pack were a blur of internal torment for Elara. Gorok's darkness was a persistent venom in her veins, not a raging inferno, but an insidious chill that seeped into her thoughts, coloring her perceptions.
• She found herself growing impatient, suspicious, even apathetic towards those she once cared for. Small slights would trigger disproportionate surges of irritation. Compassion would be replaced by a cold logic of power.
• The faint crimson glimmer in her eyes became more frequent, betraying the internal war to those sensitive enough to notice.