pte

ow anything about you

. Elena frowned, trying to decipher her intentions. His words were nothing l

tly?" She replied, seeking to hide the po

the shadow of a smile playing on his lips. "It'

er, but she masked her tro

ple wolf, Elena. A

, there had always been murmurs around her, corner looks, conversations that stopped su

es, Callum. If you have someth

arries the inheritance of an old line. Heaks, wolves capable

redulous. "It makes no

if you stop fleeing what you

think Kieran was your only link?" What Sylvia has chosen you by chance? Wake

anger that she had been buried for a long time. "Yo

know what you are?" Why your instincts push you to run, to fi

unsaid. She wanted to reject him, deny everythi

he whispered finally, her tremb

simply. "Understand wha

ignaled to one of his men, who brought a sm

s ? She asked

fragment of black stone sparkling with a strange light. "It is a reson

have no ... power or energy

hing mocking in his expression. "Then, tou

hing. But she finally reached out, her trembling

urling images paraded in his mind: wolves surrounded by light, ancient songs

d her hand, breathl

lmost impressed

ainst the desire to flee. "No,

want," he said calmly. "But

ir, trying to regain con

ignoring it," he replied. "If you want to

lie or manipulation in her word

finally asked, his voice filled with a

. "We will start with a ritual. A simple test.

ething primal, encouraged her to accept.

t words, and the stone emitted intense light. Elena felt a

trembling but different. She didn't k

ith a new intensity. "

owing that nothing wo