Chapter 46 – Vanessa
Title: The Void Wolf's Howl
The moment my fingers touched the Moonstone, everything changed.
The world around me didn't just shake. It cracked. Like reality itself had been waiting for this moment to split open. The sky darkened, not from clouds or nightfall, but from something else—something that wasn't supposed to be part of this world.
The energy that poured from the Moonstone wasn't warm or welcoming like I'd imagined. It was cold. Bitter. It didn't wrap around me like a gift. It clawed at me, digging into my skin and bones, trying to take something from me. I tried to pull my hand away, but it was too late. The Moonstone had already woken up—and so had something inside me.
I heard a howl. Not around me, but inside my head. Deep, ancient, loud enough to make my knees buckle and my vision blur. It wasn't the howl of any wolf I'd ever heard. It was broken and wild, echoing from a place of pain and fury. A howl full of hunger. A howl from the Void.
