in recent days, shadows seeping into her subconscious to whisper things she didn't understand. This time again, she woke up wit

andescent eyes had stared at her in the middle of a clearing bathed in unr

fore the darkness

emed too narrow. Wrapping a blanket around her shoulders, she approached the window. The moon, round and l

ldn't explain, but this... this was different. It was more intense, more real. And th

light footsteps approaching behind her. It was her mothe

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race that she admired more and more each day. His mother looked tired, as if car

at voice... that wolf..." She paused, searching fo

if weighing each word before speaking. "Maybe

ing secrets, things about their family, about her origins. But

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e others. He came from a world you don't know yet, a world where the rules are dictated by streng

er run through he

o know is that you have an important role to play. And these d

stopping her. "It's not yet time to know everything. But trust me, my da

now everything now? Why these secrets, these half-truths? But she k

inally came, she felt even more tired than before, but a new determina

ks had always been his refuge, his escape. But as soon as she walked through the door, she felt

efore she could make a decision, he looked up and met her gaze. An en

cross often," he said with a mockin

" she replied, repeating the words

gh that softened the features of his

g in the air, a tension, a mutual curiosity. Kai was looking at her w

" he said finall

ut her dreams. But something in his eyes pushed her

letely. "Nightmares, I know. Someti

m, intrigued. "W

was serious. "Let's say that in our wo

le he had experienced something similar? But before she co

ai

, standing at the entrance to the library. Kai stood up, h

ant, Theron? »

nts to see you.

, his gaze softening slightly. "We'

She felt strangely empty, as if his presence had lifted away a weight she didn't