The red energy held.Not like before wild and explosive.This time, it was steady.Controlled.Alive.It moved through the pack like a quiet heartbeat, threading between wolves and warriors, strengthening muscles, sharpening instincts, pushing back the creeping weight of exhaustion.Rowan inhaled deeply, blinking in surprise.“…Okay,” he said slowly, rolling his shoulders, “I feel… weirdly better.”Marcus flexed his grip on his sword.“Not better,” he corrected. “Just… less broken.”Theron nodded once.“The heir isn’t overpowering us.”His gaze lifted toward the pack house.“It’s sustaining us.”At the center of the courtyard, Kael felt it more strongly than anyone.The moment the energy reached him, it sank deep past his body, past his wolf, into something older.The bond.It wrapped around him like a second pulse, steadying his breath, sharpening his focus.Not wild power.Not reckless strength.Control.His eyes lifted slowly.And locked onto Valric.“We continue,” Kael said.His v
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