Chapter 83

• Aurora's POV
• The air in the Nightshade Pack's great hall crackled with tension as I stood before the assembled pack members. Weeks of training had honed my abilities, but nothing could have prepared me for this moment.
• A shimmering portal materialized in the center of the room, causing gasps and murmurs to ripple through the crowd. From its swirling depths emerged a figure that took my breath away – an elderly woman with hair like spun moonlight and eyes that held the depths of galaxies.