Chapter 183

CHAPTER 25… VALENTINA Andres stood in front of me like a wall of living steel. The darkness rising from the split earth bent toward him, tested him, but it did not pass him— not yet. His back was rigid, every line of his body carved with the promise of violence. And still… I felt his hand behind him, gripping mine, grounding me so fiercely it almost hurt. Never had danger ever felt this close. Never had love felt this protective. The ground kept opening. Layers of soil peeled back like wounds reopening, and from within that ancient fracture, something moved. Not smoke. Not shadow. It was mass, has weight and seemingly, will. The air thickened. Breathing became hard. “Moonborn child… returned to the world.” The voice echoed again— closer, clearer, and this time it crawled straight into my bones. It didn’t belong to the sky. It came from below the earth. I felt it then— an invisible pull in my chest, low and deeply aching, tugging at something I didn’t know I carried. My wolves stirred v