The morning of the wedding arrived with a sky the color of a bruised plum. I stood on a ridge overlooking the Black Mountain Cathedral, my silver hair whipped by a wind that smelled of impending snow. Beside me, Silas adjusted the hilt of his sword, his expression grim.“The Silver Hunters have taken positions on the rooftops,” Silas warned. “They aren’t here for the ceremony, Elara. They are here for an execution.”“Then we will give them a spectacle instead,” I replied, my fingers tracing the cold metal of my daggers. “Leo, Liam, stay with Silas. If I give the signal, you don’t look back. You head for the Northern border.”“We aren’t leaving you, Mama,” Leo said, his golden eyes glowing with a stubborn fire. “We are the Kings of the North. Kings don’t run from hunters.”I looked at my sons, pride and terror warred in my chest. They were only five, yet they stood with more dignity than the Alpha who had sired them.Inside the cathedral, the air was thick with the scent of lilies
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