The Command Hub was no longer a place of strategy; it was a crime scene. Under the Senator's direct "Emergency Decree," the Arbitrators had seized the Spire. "Lucian, no!" Thalynn’s voice was a raw, jagged sound that echoed through the cold corridors. He was being dragged by two High-Council Arbitrators, his feet barely touching the floor. Behind them, Lucian was pinned against the wall by four Senatorial Guards, a suppression field humming around his neck to neutralize his Alpha pheromones. "Don't touch him!" Lucian roared, his muscles straining against the guards with a ferocity that made the metal floor creak. "Alistair, if you do this, I will burn everything you've built!" The Senator walked calmly beside the procession, his face a mask of cold, surgical indifference. "I am not 'doing' anything, Lucian. I am merely verifying the integrity of my Co-Director. If he is an Alpha, he has nothing to fear f
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