Chapter 34

Maeve’s POV

“The stone?” I echoed, my gaze flicking to the circle of witches before me. I didn’t know every detail, but I understood that the Eclipse Pack was desperate to claim the phoenix stone. They needed all four, for reasons unknown, and so far they’d only secured two.

A subtle tingling on my skin drew my attention back to Draven. He reached out, brushed my arm, and his voice rumbled softly: “Stay here with the witches, Maeve. I’ll send some warriors at once.”

Instinctively, I nodded, watching as he slipped away beside Elysia. I turned and drifted toward the witches’ courtyard, urgency pulling me forward. I had to warn them—our pack was under siege by the Eclipse Pack army, and they were here for the stone.

From the courtyard rose thunderous chanting, flames twisting around the torches into wild, hungry tongues. Seraphine stood at the center, her palm bare and raised, cradling a luminous white orb. With each incantation she murmured, the sphere f