Chapter 92: Kael’s Promise
Time slowed as Elara faced the impossible choice. Save her pack or stop the betrayer. Then Kael moved. Ice emerged from the ground in a perfect circle around Dream, trapping the Primordial in crystallized walls.
"Take the pack!" he yelled to Elara. "I’ll handle this!" But instead of striking Dream, Kael grabbed Elara’s hand. "Trust me," he said through their link. "I know what to do." Before she could reply, ice formed beneath their feet.
It shot upward like a frozen elevator, carrying them high above the fight. "Kael, what are you doing?" Elara gasped as they soared over the chaos below. "Our people need us!" "They need their Luna to be safe," Kael answered, his ice-slide carrying them toward the mountains.
"And there’s something I have to show you." Below them, Dream’s laughter echoed across the land. The ice prison shattered like glass, and the Primordial’s form changed into something with wings.
"Running already?" Dream called after them. "How disappointing!" Ronan and Darian were left fighting alone, flames and truth-light burning as they tried to protect the other pack members. "We can’t leave them!" Elara complained.
"We’re not leaving them," Kael said sadly. "We’re getting what we need to save them." The ice-slide took them higher into the mountains, past the normal pack borders.
The air grew thin and cold, but Kael’s power kept them warm. "Where are we going?" Elara asked. "The Sacred Alpha Grounds," Kael answered. "Where every Blackwood Alpha has made their most important decisions for three hundred years."
They landed on a flat plateau encircled by ancient stone circles. The rocks were covered in symbols that seemed to glow in the moonlight. "I’ve never seen this place," Elara breathed.
"Only the Alpha heir can bring someone here," Kael stated. "And only when the pack’s survival is at stake." He led her to the center of the stone circle.
The moment her feet touched the holy ground, power rushed through her. Ancient power, older than the Primordials themselves. "Feel that?" Kael asked. "It’s like... the moon’s heartbeat," Elara whispered.
"This is where the first werewolves made their pact with the Moon Goddess," Kael said. "Before Primordials. Before Dream. Before any of the ancient forces tried to control us."