(Caius)
I stayed crouched in front of her and didn’t move.
I’d seen wolves shift for the first time. I’d seen Alphas come into their power. I’d seen rare bloodlines reveal themselves under pressure and old magic answer from places most wolves didn’t believe in anymore. None of it had prepared me for the wolf standing in front of me in the Ashcrest yard.
She was enormous.
Not just larger than I expected. Larger than any female wolf I’d ever seen. Larger than most males. Her body carried power in every line, not the trained strength of a warrior or the inherited force of rank, but something older that didn’t belong to any pack.
Her fur was pale, not white and not grey.
Moonlight and ash.
That was the only way my mind could hold it. The color caught the cold air and made her look unrea
