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A Challenge to Authority

Author: Dammy Anad
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-07 00:07:35

Draven’s POV

I had just sat, letting the weight of my words seep into every corner of the great hall, when one of the elders stood.

I wasn’t surprised it was Elder Varek. The boldest among them. Proud. Sharp-tongued. Loyal to the old ways, but only when they served him.

He didn’t bother with formality. “With all due respect, Alpha,” he said, lifting his chin, “you speak of betrayal, but didn’t you abandon Selene the moment Nyra returned?”

A few heads turned. A few eyes widened.

Varek continued, undeterred. “You could have kept her as your mistress, your private consort, if you were so determined to mend what was broken. Selene has ruled beside you for years. She’s earned her place. She was our Luna in every way that mattered. The pack loved her. Still loves her. And yet you discarded her the instant Nyra came back into the picture.”

I leaned forward slowly.

Every word he’d just spoken was a dagger. He knew it.

But I was the one holding the sword.

“I didn’t abandon Selene,” I said cool
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