Chapter 4 — The Guardian's Retreat

Alice

The drive to the Guardian's Retreat was a blur of winding roads through dense forests, the trees casting long shadows that danced across the car's windshield. Kaiden sat beside me, his presence a comforting anchor amidst the storm of emotions swirling within me. The Enchanted Library had unveiled so much about my mother's past and the medallion's role in breaking the curse on Kaiden's pack, yet it left me with a thousand unanswered questions. As we approached the retreat, I couldn't shake the feeling that this place held the key to understanding my destiny as a Guardian.