[HAVEN'S POV]
I was breaking apart.
The silver fire consumed me from the inside. My wolf raging. My throat torn from the voiceless scream. My mother's accusation echoing through the shattered pieces of who I'd been.
Unloved. Alone. Hollow.
The judgment hall was collapsing around me. The failed wolves dissolving. My mother's illusion fading into shadow.
But I was fading too. The fire wasn't just burning. It was consuming. Taking pieces of me that couldn't be replaced.
I felt myself slipping away. Not dying exactly. Something worse. Becoming what the Den wanted. Empty. Judged. Broken beyond repair.
Then I felt him.
Astro.
Not through the red thread. Deeper than that. He was reaching for me through the darkness. Through the judgment. Through the fire that was destroying me.
Haven. Stay with me. Don't let it take you.
His voice in my mind. Clear. Desperate. Real.
I can't. I pushed the thought back. I'm breaking. Luna's breaking me.
Then let me help.
