The morning sun hung like a frozen, pale disc above the high jagged spires of the Blood Moon fortress, casting cold, fractured geometric beams through the towering leaded windows of the Grand Assembly Hall. Outside, the harsh western winds howled relentlessly through the high gaps in the cliffs, carrying the crisp, cutting scent of alpine frost, pine needles, and the distinct metallic tang of lingering ozone left by the mid-evening sabotage of the perimeter boundary beacons. The internal atmosphere of the massive pavilion, however, remained an unyielding vault of absolute, chokingly heavy silence. The sweeping stone galleries were packed to their absolute capacity with minor pack lords, master border sentinels, and the remaining high-ranking pack elders who had survived the week’s targeted financial purges. Their glowing yellow and amber irises were fixed downward toward the flagstones, reflecting not the aggressive pride of dominant wolves, but the st
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