LUCIAN POV
The moon-library existed in spaces most wolves had forgotten.
I found it by accident—or perhaps by instinct, following a pull I couldn't name through tunnels beneath the citadel that twisted deeper than any map showed. The air grew colder with each descending step, thick with the scent of aged parchment and something else. Something that tasted like old magic on my tongue.
The door, when I finally reached it, was carved from a single piece of obsidian. No handle. No visible lock. Just smooth black stone marked with symbols that made my eyes water when I tried to focus on them.
"You shouldn't be here, pup."
I spun to find Lyra emerging from the shadows behind me, her golden eyes glowing faint in the darkness. Ronan's eldest sister carried herself with that same predator's grace, scarred and deadly and somehow sad.
