Diary Entry My twenty-third winter
I think we both knew the world was already shifting beneath our feet.
The question was whether we were brave enough to shift with it.
It began with whispered conversations at night, dreams and fears tangled with exhausted breaths and half-finished thoughts.
I don’t know when it changed from fleeting ideas to something real, but one day, I looked at him and realized he had already been building it—long before I ever spoke the words aloud.
A world where not only supernaturals would work together in harmony, but also one in which humans and supernaturals could exist together.
Not as conquerors and subjects. Not as hunters and prey. But as equals.
I have spent years running from the dark corners of my past, from the scars left by what the Videt once was.
But today, I walked through the halls of what it is becoming.
There were humans and witches working side by side, scholars and descendants of warriors shaping something new.
And there he was, standing at the center of it all, watching his vision take root.
I stopped in the doorway, watching him as he spoke with a group of advisors. His expression was intense—so deeply focused that he didn’t see me at first. But when he did, his face softened, just for a moment.
It struck me then, all at once.
I had been raised to believe that power meant control, that strength was measured in obedience and the ability to command it. But this? This was what true power looked like: not domination, but the ability to bring about change, coexistence, peace.
When I finally stepped forward, he met me halfway. He didn’t ask if I was ready. He didn’t need to. He already knew my answer. I had spent so long in the shadows. No one knew my name, my story—except him. He let me feel safe. Let me heal. Let me learn what life could be.
Now, I’ll stand beside him and let them see me. Let them know that from darkness, light can rise. I’ll do whatever it takes to make this dream real. Speak to those who are afraid. Listen to those who don’t yet understand.
And whatever my wolf needs, I will give.