SHADOW: (outside, a step in snow) I hunt what’s left. I learn human sounds. I do not howl at them. I watch them like they watch me.
KAI: He moved like he knew every root. Tracks don't lie. Neither do the gaps he leaves.
(SHADOW drops from the ridge and approaches slowly. He stops a few yards away, sitting, head tilted.) a wolf or other new script full
RAVEN: (quiet) Sometimes a lone wolf carries a whole story. We decide whether to close the book or help him turn a page.
RAVEN: (smiling a little) The last howl isn’t an ending—it’s a promise. As long as someone listens. SHADOW: (outside, a step in snow) I hunt what’s left
LENA: (breath caught) He’s not attacking. He’s watching us as if we’re new.
(From deep in the forest, a single, long howl rises—clear, lonely, beautiful. The three stand still and listen.) I watch them like they watch me
Scene 4 — Dawn (Morning light. SHADOW melts into the trees. LENA, KAI, and RAVEN stand in the clearing, footprints leading away.)