Seraphina's POV The house knows we've lost. It greets us with silence too heavy to be accidental, the wards dimmed, the lights low, the air stale as if it has been holding its breath since word traveled faster than we did. Even the stone beneath my feet feels colder and resentful. This place was built for Alphas. It does not welcome dethroned kings. The doors seal behind us with a sound that feels final. Like a tomb closing. Darius does not speak. Neither do I. We walk through the entry hall like ghosts with cloaks discarded and boots echoing too loudly in a space that once bowed to us. The Alpha crest still hangs on the far wall, our crest, but I know it is already meaningless. Symbols die quickly once power abandons them. I can still see it when I close my eyes. The trial. The circle scorched into the ground. The watching packs. Hundreds of them. Maybe thousands. All of them witnessing. Damon standing across from Darius, bloodied but steady eyes clear with a certainty
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