Chapter 111: Wolves Without Masters

The embers had faded, but the fire Lyla had lit would never go out.

The Elders were gone.

Their rule, their control nothing but dust on the wind.

But the world would not stay empty for long.

Power did not die.

It waited.

Eli stood beside her, watching the Bloodmarked gather. "They’ll expect a leader."

Jorah nodded. "The packs will want answers."

Dani smirked. "They’re not gonna like what they hear."

Caelum studied Lyla carefully. "Are you ready for what comes next?"

She already knew what came next.

"We don’t give them a new ruler."

The Bloodmarked listened.

"We give them something better."

The wind stirred, carrying her words across the battlefield.

"A world without masters."

The warriors bowed their heads.

The torches burned low.

And the new world one without kings, without thrones, without chains began.

The wind howled through the ruins, carrying the last traces of the Elders’ rule into the past.

The Bloodmarked stood waiting.

For a command.

For a future.

For her.

Eli’s voice was lo