Sienna's POV
I woke up alone in a strange place. Not the rubble where I'd left Ronan and Kieran fighting. Not anywhere I knew.
Everything around me glowed with soft red light. The ground under my feet wasn't dirt or stone—it felt living somehow, pulsing with energy like a giant heart.
"Hello?" I called out. My voice bounced back at me from all directions. "Is anyone here?"
A woman appeared in front of me. She looked a lot like me, with the same dark hair and red eyes. But she wore old clothes, like from hundreds of years ago.
"Sienna Storm," she said, her voice ringing clear in the strange space. "The last Ruby Wolf. I've waited a long time for you."
"Who are you?" I asked, my hands shaking. "Where am I?"
"I am Elara, the first Ruby Wolf," she stated. "And you are inside the Trial of Power. Your actions triggered it when you entered the ancient ruins."
My heart beat. The Trial of Power—I'd heard about it in old stories.
