The ancient witch's expression was grave. "The scout that visited you? She wasn't just warning you about Devourers. She was testing you. And you passed. Which means the real game just began."
Luna paused, her ageless eyes sweeping over each of them before settling on Samantha with an intensity that made her skin prickle. "The Devourers aren't the threat. They're the distraction. Something else is using them as cover to get closer to Nova. And it's been planning this since before she was born."
The night suddenly felt much colder.
Through the bond, Samantha felt her mates' alarm spike sharply—Marcus's analytical mind already racing through implications, Kai's wolf rising with protective fury, Callum's dragon preparing for immediate violence.
Details," Marcus said, his voice carrying an edge that Samantha rarely heard. "Now."
