Juniper Rising//SAM ULEY

It begins with a call from Charlie -
quiet, careful, and just shaky enough to make Juniper Swan's chest tighten.

Bella is slipping.

June feels it before he says a word.

She has always been the one who finds her sister in the dark - the one who steadies storms with a touch, a breath, a sigil traced where no one sees. She has never called it magic. She still doesn't.

But it moves when Bella breaks.

So June goes home.

Back to Forks.
Back to the rain-heavy silence where the forest watches -
and something in the shadows pulls at her like a thread tied to her ribs.

Juniper Swan has only ever wanted to keep Bella safe.

She doesn't yet know the world she's walking into has been waiting for her.