Torin's POV I stared at the thick, rolled document resting in my hand, the rough texture of the grease-stained linen scratching against my skin as the weight of the moment settled heavily in the room. The metallic scent of the fresh hemlock root extract still lingered in the stagnant air of the war room, rising directly from the pale corpse that lay completely motionless on the stone floorboards. My chest rose and fell in heavy, ragged cycles as I tried to process the absolute nightmare that was currently unfolding around my family. Narek hurriedly tore open the fragile wrapping with his trembling fingers and unrolled the stiff parchment right in front of my face, his eyes scanning the lines with a rapid, terrifying intensity before he began to read it aloud to the chamber."The terms are explicitly clear, Alpha, and they require your immediate, absolute compliance if you ever wish to see your family alive again," Narek read, his voice shaking with a rare, unfiltered dread that made
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