your majesty would be labelled a murderer.

The room fell into silence as I opened page after page of the file before me.

“So you are telling me that this was not the first time these creatures made their first appearance on our territory.”

“Yes, brother. From my investigation, one of them appeared in our territory twenty years ago on the night of the red blood moon.”

A chair scraped sharply across the floor. Rowan muttered a curse under his breath. “I remember that night, Your Highness. The sudden explosion that took place at the border that night had thrown everyone into a state of despair because no one knew what had triggered it. The borders were in chaos. We suspected rogues, witches, and even traveling fae caravans. We even suspected neighboring packs. But not once did anyone speak of a different race.”

“Well, that was because they never gave us reason to, Captain. The legends said changelings kept to themselves—secluded valleys, drowned cities, caves that mirrored faces in the walls. They hid from not just the wolves bu