So I took a step closer to the enclosure and I unlocked it, letting the last massive wolf, the guardian out of the pen where it could join it’s friends.
Lydia took a step back, her confidence faltering. “No… you can’t control them…”
“I’m not controlling them.” I said, my voice cutting through the air. “I freed them.”
The lead guardian, the same one who had watched me silently at Redwater Falls, stepped to my side, towering even over Asher’s wolf form. Its eyes met mine, and I felt the connection spark. Not a bond of dominance, but of mutual understanding. Of trust. A faint hum stirred in the ground beneath us, as if the earth itself recognized what had been restored.
Asher shifted, fur bristling, joining them in a seamless circle around me. The guardians spread out, forming a wall of l
