Chapter 13 The First Alpha

Selara awoke in a haze, the moonstone blade still clenched in her fist. The tomb walls pulsed with runes, glowing like veins beneath skin. Kieran knelt beside her, fear etched into his face, while Jules kept watch near the entrance. "You passed out. For a full hour," Kieran said quietly. Selara sat up slowly, her head pounding with voices no, memo