Chapter 164 Viona's POV The atmosphere in the great hall was already taut, every breath measured, every glance sharpened by mistrust. Yet when the stranger pulled off his mask, it felt as though the air itself bent beneath the presence that stepped through. Mirage. The name wasn't spoken, yet it echoed in the marrow of every werewolf present. Power rolled off him in steady waves, subtle but undeniable, like the stillness before a hurricane. His boots clicked against the polished stone floor, each step deliberate, controlled, as though the entire hall belonged to him. And then his gaze found me. For a brief, burning heartbeat, the noise of the council, the presence of alphas, betas, and elders-all of it dissolved. His eyes locked onto mine, sharp and unyielding, and the years between us collapsed in an instant. I had changed-grown into the full weight of my title. I sat at the hea
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