**LEILA**

I trudge through the dense underbush, my senses on high alert as I scan our surroundings. My brother, Liam, walks beside me, his eyes fixed on me with a mixture of concern and understanding.

My mind races with thoughts of how to lift the darkness that's shrouded over this pack.

Its not like I knew a way but somehow I know that I was going to find a way even if it took everything inside of me.

My powers, fueled by my emotions, have become unpredictable and destructive.

I can feel the weight of the pack's suffering bearing down on me, and it's suffocating. But it helped stop the...