The Wendigo's Girl

Previously

…Kael looked up at her, his eyes no longer burning with the wildness of the beast, but with a deep, profound weariness, and a flicker of something akin to hope. The ritual had not broken the curse, not entirely, but it had shifted something. It had created a connection, a fragile bridge between his monstrous nature and his humanity, a bridge that now rested precariously on her willing heart. The path ahead was still shrouded in darkness, the threat of the Wendigo’s hunger ever-present, but for the first time, they would face it together, bound by a dangerous, undeniable love.