Chapter 175

Caelan’s POV

The forest feels wrong tonight. I don’t even know what I am doing at this point. The blood moon hangs low over the treetops, bleeding its color across everything. Valerie walks ahead of me, her silver blade in her hands. I keep close behind her, scanning the trees, trying to ignore how uneasy the energy here feels.

Back in the pack ground, it wasn’t this red but now the blood moon is actually bleeding

“Are you sure this is the right direction?” I whisper to her.

She nods, eyes fixed forward. “The pull’s stronger this way. Whatever’s happening… it’s not natural.”

We’ve been patrolling together for days now, two wolves who didn’t used to trust each other, learning to fight side by side. Somewhere between all the tension and shared danger, something began to change. I can feel it even now, in the way I notice when her breath catches when I come to close or how my instincts flare if she walks too far ahead.

Suddenly I saw a red glo