The assembly was different from every previous one.Not in its format Magnus stood at the front of the great hall in the same position he had occupied for every pack gathering since the Eclipse, with Vivienne at his right and the council arranged in the loose formation that had become their natural configuration. Not in the quality of attention the pack brought sixty wolves in the afternoon light, the same faces he had been reading for weeks, the same combination of wary hope and genuine investment that had characterized the pack's emotional posture since the night of the Eclipse.It was different in what he was about to tell them.He had given them a great deal since coming back. He had given them the truth about his disappearance, the Blood Oath, the Nymph war, Isla's betrayal. He had given them Thanatos's visit, named in plain language so the pack could meet it without the additional weight of not knowing what they were dealing with. He had given them Zeus's approach and the outlin
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