Chapter 2: Moonlight Meeting
Elara's feet moved forward as if pulled by unseen strings. The forest loomed ahead, dark and strange under the silver moon.
Her heart hammered against her chest as she approached the spot where she'd seen Kael Blackwood.
But when she reached the tree line, he was gone.
"Hello?" she called softly, her voice shaking.
"Is anyone there?"
Only cricket sounds answered her. Had she imagined him? Was she losing her mind? The strange tugging in her chest hadn't stopped, though. If anything, it grew stronger, pulling her deeper into the woods.
Elara paused. No sane wolf wandered the forest alone at night, especially not an omega with no way to protect herself. Yet something told her she had to follow this feeling.
Taking a deep breath, she stepped between the trees. Immediately, the trees closed around her like a living thing. Moonlight filtered through branches, forming patches of silver on the forest floor.
Elara kept moving, led by the strange pull in her chest.
"This is crazy," she whispered to herself. "I should go back." But she couldn't.
Not when every step forward made the feeling grow warmer, stronger—almost right.