Chapter 20 Lunar Eclipse

The tension from the previous day still hung in the air, thick and suffocating. Lyra could barely bring herself to face the Pack after Elijah’s accusations, and Kaidën’s stoic silence only deepened the unease between them. They had retreated to the woods after the confrontation, seeking solace in the quiet of the forest, but the silence between them was almost worse than the words they had exchanged. The night had fallen swiftly, the sky growing darker with each passing hour. A pale moon hung high in the sky, but there was an unsettling stillness to the air.