The heavy iron bolts slammed into place with a dark, booming echoing thud. The heavy oak doors of the grand hall were officially sealed from the outside.Inside, the grand hall was long and ancient. Massive stone pillars stretched up into the shadowy vaulted ceiling. Down the center of the room ran a long oak table, loaded with roasted meats, dark bread, and large silver pitchers flowing with thick, spiced wine. Torches flickered along the stone walls, casting long, dancing shadows across thirty wild rogue warlords who had just taken their seats.The air inside was thick with the smell of roasted meat, spilt wine, sweat, and raw wolf hostility.These were not refined noblemen. They were killers. Men and women covered in filth, dirt, and scars earned from years of living in the freezing mud of the Dead Mountains. They slammed their dirty iron mugs onto the heavy table, shouting, laughing, and tearing into roasted meat with their bare hands.At the far end of the long table sat Elena.S
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