ZEVIAR The ocean, vast and uncaring, paid no mind to the unfolding drama. I stood on the balcony, the phone a cold weight against my ear, the wind off the water a biting caress. The sea simply rolled, an eternal rhythm of back and forth, a timeless pulse that dwarfed the petty squabbles of councils, the weight of ancient bloodlines, and the sheer, unadulterated chaos erupting in the ballroom. Wolves, their primal instincts on full display, watched their Alpha King’s mate transform into something for which they had no words. It was this indifference, this sheer refusal to acknowledge the human-scale turmoil, that I found so incredibly useful. "Tell me," I murmured, the words snatched by the wind. Darius’s voice, unvarnished and direct, cut through the salt-laced air. It was why I'd sought him out years ago. He didn't sugarcoat, didn't carefully craft his words into palatable shapes. He simply presented the truth, trusting me to bear its weight. "It's bad," he stated, with no hint of
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