Natalia’s POV Our allies had arrived in Moonshadow by the following morning. Aspen. Oakshield. Green Ridge. Anyone who would hear our pleas had come for the meeting—and far more than I expected. Catherine and her husband brought multiple of their best warriors when they heard the news. Green Ridge arrived with a small caravan of laborers to assist us with rebuilding. Luna Ellen came alone, her husband nowhere to be found, but her car was packed with food and supplies to share and she was genuinely smiling for the first time since I’d met her. Once everyone had arrived, we arranged the meeting to be held in what remained of the great hall. The air was filled with the sounds of voices and hammering as our workers rebuilt the broken walls, but it would have to do. The study was far too

