The air smelled like wet earth, burnt iron, and raw panic. High above the valley, the Citadel sat like a dark stone crown on the sharp peak of the ridge. Its massive black iron gates had shut out the world for generations, but today they were going to collapse.I took a deep breath, letting the wild heat of my silver wolf run hot through my veins. Beside me, our frontline warriors stood shoulder to shoulder in the tall grass. Leather armor creaked as men tightened their grips on shield straps and heavy axes. Everyone knew what was waiting behind those stone ramparts. Kael had packed the courtyard with every loyalist soldier he had left, desperate to protect his dying hold on power."Ready?" Rowan asked, his voice low and steady."Ready," I said.A horn blasted across the ridge, its long note splitting the overcast sky.Our forces hit the Citadel gates with massive, coordinated force, the sound of clashing metal echoing across the entire mountain range. The heavy wooden beams groaned u
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