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AVAThe tent was crowded when Darius, Mira, and I arrived.The tent was full of alphas, outlaw pack leaders, and members of Hollowfang. Warriors stood around the entrance.Darius had been preparing for this gathering for days. After the last attacks, he came to the conclusion that Gareth was receiving help from some people outside Silvercrest. The number of soldiers that attacked Hollowfang made no sense. Too many soldiers had appeared at the right places, plus Gareth's attack had become far more coordinated than they had been before.His plan was simple. He wanted some of the outlaw packs working with Hollowfang before Gareth could launch another major attack. Darius knew he couldn't trust all of them, so he needed to gather all of them first before picking who he could trust.He didn't want me to come here, but I insisted on coming with him.Now, standing inside the tent, I wondered if I had made the right choice.Something about the atmosphere felt wrong.Nobody openly challenged

POV: AVABy late evening, Hollow Fang had become a moving line of headlights, engines, and torches.Cars rolled out through the main gates first, followed by motorcycles carrying scouts and messengers. Warriors from Hollow Fang filled the vehicles behind them, while the allied packs formed their own groups instead of mixing completely. There was still too much uncertainty between them for anyone to pretend they were one army yet.Darius had chosen the longer road to Silvercrest rather than taking the eastern border route. The shortcut would have saved them several hours, but it also passed through territory Gareth had attacked before, and none of them could be certain what was waiting there.“If Gareth knows we’re coming, thaw eastern road is the obvious place to trap us,” Darius had told the commanders before they left. “We lose time taking the longer route. We could lose the entire army by taking the wrong shortcut.”No one had argued with him after that.I rode in the passenger seat

AVA“Go back and tell Gareth something else. I am not surrendering.”The messenger stared at the ruined letter before turning toward the road. He walked faster once he realized nobody intended to stop him.I waited until he was out of earshot before climbing onto the wooden platform beside the war camp. Thousands of wolves stood across the field, their weapons ready beneath the grey morning sky. “I won’t promise you that everyone standing here will walk away from this battle,” I began.The camp fell quiet.“Gareth has spent years making people believe fear is the same thing as loyalty. He rules because people are terrified of what happens when they disobey him. I know that fear because I survived it. I know what his soldiers have done because I was there when he decided my family was something he could erase.”My hand closed around the edge of the platform as I looked across the army. “We aren’t here because I want a crown. We are here because Silvercrest belongs to its people, and G

AVABlood was all over Kael's shirt, while Darius pressed one hand against his shoulder in an attempt to stop the blood from flowing. Seeing both of them bleed of the floor made me feel some type of way. They were both ready to die for me, risking their lives to save mine.Gareth noticed where my attention was and gave a quiet laugh. “Look at them……I can't believe these two are trying to kill themselves because of someone like you.”Gareth might be trying to kill me at the particular moment, but he was right about something though. Darius and Kael were both on the ground because of me. I forced myself to look back at Gareth.“I see you're really stubborn,” he said, lifting the pistol toward me again. “Any last words?”No. No. No. I refuse to die. I can't die now, not when Darius and Kael are on the floor bleeding because they were trying to save my life. Not when I still had the lunar legacy to carry.Hell no. Nyx shifted in me, and I finally felt her again.She wasn't just shiftin

POV: AVAI woke up later that night in one of the palace rooms, with a healer beside my bed. I stopped breathing for a short time after the using the last of my power to save Darius, and they worked quickly to save me. My shoulder was bandaged, and I was weak for several days, but I slowly recovered under the healers’ care.Now, a week later, I was strong enough to leave my room.The courtyard looked smaller than I remembered.A week had passed since Gareth's death, and I was back at the same place where Kael embarrassed me, but I was with four guards following me this time.I could still remember people standing around me, some people were even laughing while some whispered to themselves. Back then I couldn't wait to get away from this place. But now I was walking straight through it with my head up.I stopped in the middle of the courtyard and turned toward the elders. “Come here.” I didn’t raise my voice because I didn’t need to. They heard me clearly, and after exchanging a few