~THE ASHEN COURT~

~ANIKA VALERION~

A scream rose in my throat, but no sound came out. I stumbled backward, slipping in the spreading pool of blood, as the courtyard continued to fill with the dead.

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I woke with a violent gasp.

For a moment, I couldn’t tell if I was truly awake. The sound of the horn still lingered in my ears, distant yet terrifyingly clear. Low, relentless, and triumphant.

My hands flew to my face, my arms, my chest, searching for blood that was not there.

The nightmare still replayed in my mind. My pack, filled with the dead, accusing eyes from wolves, my own hands dripping red....