Dr. Vance (Head Pack Doctor) POV: "Impossible." I muttered the word for the tenth time, adjusting the focus on my ophthalmoscope. I shone the bright beam of light directly into Aria’s left eye, then her right. Her pupils constricted perfectly. The iris was a beautiful, clear shade of crystalline blue—bright, vivid, and undeniably healthy. There was no trace of the glowing silver Lucian had shouted about earlier. No swirling galaxies. No supernatural light. It was just a girl’s eye. "Doctor?" Alpha Magnus asked from the doorway, his voice low and commanding. "Stop muttering and tell us. How is she?" I lowered my stethoscope and stepped back, looking at the patient. Aria Snow was sitting on the edge of the hospital bed. Three months ago, she was a broken, malnourished girl with

