Kaelira’s POVThe room was full.More people than I expected. More people than I wanted.That thought would have terrified me months ago.Standing in front of a crowd had once felt like standing before a blade.Every expression looked like judgment. Every whisper sounded like rejection.But today, as I looked across the council chamber, I saw something different.Not enemies.Not people waiting for me to fail. People waiting for an answer. That was somehow heavier. Elder Marrow stood at the center of the room.The same place where accusations had once been thrown at me. The same place where my existence had been questioned.Now, he held the Alpha crest in his hands.Not Darius’s.Not my father’s. A symbol of what came next.“Kaelira Vale.”The room went silent.“You have carried Ironfang through betrayal, war, and the collapse of everything we believed about our history.”I remained still.Not because I wasn’t feeling anything. Because I had learned not every emotion needed to be show
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