Hibernation Point pardesi, pardesi, jaana nahin

the nightwalkers. he tried to remember if he'd ever known of them, but the name rang no bells. too many names rattling around inside his brain; aditya may have well heard of the pack at one point, but now they were long gone from his memory.

something else had surfaced, too. chaiyya. that twin to hydra—triplet? maybe more—he'd never been able to keep track of the dark wolves of moonspear.

but chaiyya had been special, and now she was gone.

aditya stared at the woman, her mask blurring as she morphed into one of the cerberus before him. he blinked, and the image disappeared. . .but the feeling remained.

and then what? he asked, mouth dry.

he wasn't sure if he ever got a satisfactory answer before they both departed, going their separate ways.