Chapter 154

Irene's POV

They cornered me after breakfast.

Five of them. The oldest members of the Dark Hollows Pack. Silver-haired wolves who remembered my mother's reign. Who remembered the glory days before everything fell apart.

Elder Matthias led the group. He was ancient, his face carved with decades of hardship, his eyes sharp as broken glass.

"Princess." He said the word like it tasted sour. "We need to speak with you."

I set down my tea. "Of course."

They filed into the small meeting room. Closed t