The battle in the Great Hall was not a fight of claws and teeth; it was a collision of frequencies. The High Inquisitor, a man named Valerius whose lineage predated the Blackwood Pack, stood as a pillar of blinding, white-silver light. In his hand, he held a staff carved from the bones of a fallen goddess, and with every strike against the stone floor, a wave of "Purification Magic" rippled through the room.For the Shadow Claws and the regular pack warriors, the magic was like a slow-acting acid. It targeted the "Rogue" and "Shadow" signatures in their auras, making their shifts unstable and their eyes bleed.Silas, in his gold-veined wolf form, was the only one who could bridge the gap. His unweaving in the Solaris Spire had left him with a soul that was no longer anchored to the Council’s laws. He was a creature of the Void and the Gold, a hybrid of heresy and heritage.He lunged for Valerius, his jaws aimed for the Inquisitor’s throat. But a wall of wh
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