C15 Tethered by Blood
Aria
The Lodge felt different at night—emptier, but in a way that made my skin tighten rather than relax. Silence in a place filled with wolves was never real silence. It was the kind that came right before a storm, when the world pulled in a long breath and held it.
Three hours past midnight. The only window Elias said we had.
I moved quickly through the dim hallways
