Chapter 29 The Trap Beneath The Shadows

The chill inside the Shadow of Caves was deeper than usual that morning. It wasn’t the cold that unsettled Kaela, it was the silence. The She-Wolves were too quiet, their once fierce energy now dimmed into a fog of doubt and fear. Kaela sat beside the dying fire, her knees drawn to her chest, staring into the embers as though they could somehow explain how everything had gone so wrong. Raya leaned against the cave wall, arms crossed tightly. The flickering fire cast shadows on her aging face, etching every line of sorrow and memory into deeper grooves.