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Chapter Eighty-One
The room quickly erupted into chaos once Aleric had fallen. The council, who were probably all too shocked to move earlier, were now realising the full gravity of the situation.
The situation where both Alphas now laid unmoving before me.
Several warriors and Gamma Oliver turned their attention to me, an intent to kill written all over their faces, and I couldn’t blame them for thinking that. After murdering their Alpha, Oliver would feel it were now his responsibility to retaliate given he was the only full ranked member remaining.
Or so he thought.
I watched as he started to charge at me, his body almost on the brink of shifting and….
“ENOUGH,” I shouted out, my voice thick with authoritative command.
And everyone immediately froze around me.
I stood, waiting for several seconds and, when I was finally satisfied everyone had completely stopped, I cleared my throat, addressing the room.
“Everyone sit back
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