And just as I had anticipated, Atticus lost control. The realization of the true, catastrophic stakes struck him not as a thought, but as a deep, agonizing rupture tearing through his very core. For the entirety of this catastrophic evening, he had maintained a facade of impenetrable calm, listening in silent, coiled fury as the invaders, first the arrogant Alpha Vincent, and now these two brazen women, dismantled the most sacred moment of our life, the marking ceremony, and with it, his unquestioned sovereignty. He was a creature of immense self-discipline, a strategic listener who processed every threat, but after all the layers of deceit, coded language, and agonizing secrecy surrounding me, his Alpha pride revolted with a violence that could no longer be contained. The ultimate offense was the open dismissal. They had spoken past him while he stood among them in the full, commanding light of this gathe
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