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Chapter 52

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“Yes.”

The single syllable left my lips like the sharp, clean snap of a bone in the quiet room.

I didn't blink. I didn't let my gaze waver from Elder Cecile’s lined, arrogant face. The word hung in the heavy, pressurized space of the grand dining hall, cutting through the thick scent of vintage tobacco and the lingering, sour ozone trace of Commander Vance’s public humiliation. Forty high-ranking alphas, regional governors, and battlefield commanders sat completely paralyzed, their forks suspen
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