The chains glowed faintly with moon-forged runes as Kael was dragged into the underground council chamber.I walked behind him, every step heavy, my chest tight with a pain I hadn’t prepared for. This wasn’t just betrayal—it was personal. Kael wasn’t an outsider. He was pack. He had laughed with us, trained beside us, bled beside us.And now, Liam lay between life and death because of him.The chamber doors slammed shut behind us.Only five people were allowed inside: myself, King Alaric, two royal enforcers, and Mira—who had begged, sobbing, to be present.Kael was forced to his knees in the center of the stone circle. The chains pulled his shoulders back, exposing his throat in submission. His face was streaked with tears, eyes red, skin ashen.He looked… broken.But broken didn’t mean innocent.“Begin,” King Alaric said coldly, taking his seat carved from obsidian. “And choose your words wisely. Every lie will cost you flesh.”Kael flinched.I stepped forward. “You will tell us eve
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