Elder's Wisdom

Lily Carter POV

The hot tea splashed across my wrist as I jerked backward, gasping. My Triple Moon mark had suddenly flared with burning pain, like someone had pressed a hot iron against my skin.

"What's happening?" I cried, holding my arm.

Elder Iris set down her teapot quietly, as if omegas screaming in pain was perfectly normal. "Your mark is trying to tell you something important. Show me."

I rolled up my sleeve with shaking fingers. The three crescents glowed bright silver, pulsing like a heartbeat. But something was different - one of the moons was flashing between silver and deep red.

"Oh my," Elder Iris breathed, leaning closer. "I haven't seen a mark react like this in seventy years."

"React to what?" Panic filled my voice. "Elder Iris, what's wrong with me?"