Lane's POVTwelve massive drums pounded a primal rhythm, every beat shaking our chests, stirring the wolf in our blood.The pace picked up, like a pack running under the moon. Claws tore frozen ground, breath became a storm.Priests began chanting.It was an ancient wolf war song. The lyrics were long lost, leaving only deep, echoing syllables that spiraled between drums and horns—as if unseen wolf spirits gathered above, howling.Kaelen stopped three steps from the city gate.He lifted the soul plaque, showing Kain's carved wolf silhouette and name to the gate, Alpha King, and the capital they had sworn to defend.Then he stepped forward.With the soul plaques guiding us, carrying the honored dead as our vanguard, we moved into the gate, steady and deliberate.The crowd went silent, broken only by stifled sobs and rugged breathing.Many werewolves—both commoners and nobles—narrowed their eyes into sharp slits, instincts flaring with raw emotion.As we passed under the archway, we dro
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