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Chapter 66: Council of War

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The full council convened the following morning, advisors and military commanders filling the chamber with a tension Cassian hadn't witnessed since the days preceding Rowan's final rebellion. He sat beside Kael, Lirian safely kept with Wren in heavily guarded chambers, as the assembled leadership began addressing the previous day's unprecedented breach.

"The attackers gained entry through a service passage in the eastern wall," Aldric reported, spreading a detailed map across the council table.
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    Elias held his ground, assessing the cavern with careful, deliberate attention despite the danger evident in Thessaly's fierce composure. The symbols carved into the stone floor pulsed with that same eerie light, ancient markings he recognized, with growing horror, from fragmented texts he'd once studied during his own years of healer's training."A binding circle," he said, understanding settling cold through his chest. "You intend to use this against Lirian directly, don't you? Not simply relocate his guardianship, but bind his very gift to your own will.""Bind it toward proper purpose," Thessaly corrected, her expression carrying genuine, fervent conviction rather than simple malice. "You misunderstand my intentions, healer. I don't seek to corrupt his power for selfish gain. I seek only to ensure it serves all our peoples equally, rather than remaining concentrated within a single kingdom's potentially biased authority.""By stealing a child and forcibly binding his will to yours

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    The scout arrived at dusk, exhausted from hard travel but carrying news urgent enough that he requested immediate audience despite the hour. Kael, his wound sufficiently healed to permit careful movement, received the report alongside Elias and his assembled commanders."We've located her, Your Majesty," the scout reported. "She's taken refuge in the Weeping Caves, roughly three days' ride northeast, a location our forces have historically avoided given the terrain's considerable danger and the caves' reputation for treacherous, unstable passages.""How many remain with her?" Kael asked."Perhaps thirty loyal followers, Your Majesty, considerably diminished from her original alliance's strength, though scouts report she's attempted contact with remaining northern rebel sympathizers, seeking to rebuild whatever support our previous engagement scattered."Kael studied the map spread before them, considering the Weeping Caves' notorious reputation. "What makes this location so dangerous,

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    The journey toward the campaign's current position took Elias nearly a week, traveling with a small escort through territory still unsettled from recent conflict, fragments of battle's aftermath visible in burned structures and wary villagers along their route. He arrived finally at the makeshift camp Kael's forces had established following their decisive engagement, the air thick with the particular tension of soldiers maintaining vigilance despite apparent victory."The king's tent, quickly," Elias requested of the first officer he encountered, his medical satchel already in hand, urgency overriding whatever exhaustion the journey had accumulated.He found Kael propped against makeshift pillows within his command tent, pale and visibly weakened despite clear effort to maintain composed authority as he reviewed reports with his assembled commanders. The king's expression shifted to surprise, then genuine relief, upon recognizing Elias's arrival."You shouldn't have come," Kael said,

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    The morning of their departure arrived gray and cold despite summer's lingering warmth elsewhere in the kingdom, Cassian finding the familiar weight of separation settling heavy as he prepared Lirian for the journey that would, once again, carry them away from Kael's direct protection during impending conflict."I don't want to go," Lirian said, old enough now to understand, at least partially, the gravity of their departure, his small face carrying genuine distress despite Cassian's careful efforts to frame their journey as adventure rather than necessary flight from danger."I know, sweetheart," Cassian said, kneeling to meet his son's eyes directly. "But we're going somewhere safe, with Elias and Dorran to keep us company, while Papa Kael finishes some important work here at the castle.""Will Papa Kael be safe?"The question, innocent but piercing, settled heavy in Cassian's chest. "Papa Kael is very strong and very brave, and he has many soldiers helping protect him. We're going

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    Scouts departed within days of the council's decision, moving carefully through territories where Thessaly's faction and the northern rebel remnants were believed to be coordinating their efforts. Cassian found the waiting almost unbearable, the castle's heightened security a constant reminder of danger that remained, for now, frustratingly abstract and distant."Any word?" he asked each morning, finding Kael already at work in his study, maps and reports spread before him in increasing accumulation."Fragments," Kael said one such morning, gesturing for Cassian to join him. "Our scouts have confirmed a gathering point, a fortified camp roughly two weeks' ride north, situated in territory technically belonging to neither Shadowfang nor the eastern packs directly, which has apparently allowed them to operate with less immediate scrutiny than otherwise might have proven possible.""How many forces have they gathered?""Difficult to assess precisely, though scout estimates suggest somewh

  • The Alpha King's Pregnant Omega   Chapter 66: Council of War

    The full council convened the following morning, advisors and military commanders filling the chamber with a tension Cassian hadn't witnessed since the days preceding Rowan's final rebellion. He sat beside Kael, Lirian safely kept with Wren in heavily guarded chambers, as the assembled leadership began addressing the previous day's unprecedented breach."The attackers gained entry through a service passage in the eastern wall," Aldric reported, spreading a detailed map across the council table. "A passage that should have been sealed following the renovations two years past, but which apparently remained accessible due to an oversight in the castle's maintenance records.""An oversight, or deliberate sabotage?" Kael asked, his voice carrying hard edges that hadn't fully eased since the previous day's terror."Investigation continues, Your Majesty, though I suspect we may find evidence of inside assistance, given how precisely the attackers seemed to know exactly where and when to stri

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