The Secret Pact of the Night Ember Forest

Mo Xuan fled from the ruins of the city, collapsing in utter exhaustion into a primeval forest so dense that even sunlight could not pierce through. He never expected to find not only shelter here but also three otherworldly guardians who had long since claimed this domain as their own: Cang Ya, a huntress with the spirit of a wolf; Alter, a feline-beast hybrid; and Mo Jie, of serpent-blooded lineage. They had originally intended to tear this intruder apart, yet in the exposed vulnerability he revealed, they felt an unfamiliar, stirring tremor. A pact quietly took shape — the price of shelter was that he must accept the full force of their wild, primal energy. What Mo Xuan had yet to realize was that the true cost of making a covenant with beasts was giving himself over entirely.