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CHAPTER 151 – The Council’s Counterstrike

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The confession did not break the council.

It fed it.

By midday, Silvercrest felt like a pack holding its breath, waiting for the next blow to land. Wolves moved through corridors with lowered voices, as if speaking too loudly might summon punishment. The compound’s central grounds still held the scent of fear and humiliation from the dawn confrontation, but the atmosphere had shifted into something sharper.

Preparation.

Response.

Retaliation.

Lyra remained near the Alpha wing window, watching p
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