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Divided Table

Author: Michael ude
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The council chamber was dimly lit—candles guttering in wrought-iron sconces, shadows curling like smoke along the stone walls.

The long oaken table in the center was surrounded by elders, warriors, and chosen advisors, every one of them summoned urgently after the Moonfire Vigil, no one smiled, not even Fiona.

Michael stood at the head of the table, arms crossed, his Alpha presence tangible. Beside him sat Fiona, her gaze unreadable but piercing. The seat meant for their son—still too young for council—remained symbolically empty.

At the opposite end sat Beta Gareth, He had not spoken yet. Neither had Elder Rowan, nor the Warden of Laws, Callix. But the tension said enough, it was Councilwoman Mara who finally broke the silence.

“Lucan’s return… was no accident.”

“No,” Michael agreed coolly. “It was calculated.

Orchestrated to divide the pack in public and I won't pretend it didn’t shake the lines.”

“He never should’ve been allowed on sacred ground,” growled Doran, one of the warrio
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