I stepped through the massive doors into the throne room, feeling hundreds of eyes turn toward me. The space stretched before me like a midnight river—obsidian floors reflecting silver banners, crystal chandeliers casting prismatic light across ancient stone walls. At the far end stood Lukas, resplendent in his ceremonial attire, his crown catching light as he watched me begin my approach. Beside him, High Priest Edmundson waited in his traditional purple robes, his ancient face solemn with the weight of ceremony. The gathered crowd rose as one at my entrance, wolves who had once looked down on me as a servant now standing in respect as I walked the path to my coronation. Athena stirred within me, her presence warm and fierce. 'Our time,' she whispered. 'Our destiny.'Each step carried me farther from the girl I had been—the orphan rejected by her adoptive pack, the servant who had scrubbed these very floors on her hands and knees. I kept my chin high, my gaze focused on Lu
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