KIRAThe war room in Dark Moon’s central spire was flooded with the sharp, blue light of holographic tactical maps. Outside, night had fallen over the mountain range, bringing with it a freezing gale that rattled the heavy reinforced windows. I sat at the mahogany conference table, my mother's silver locket resting beside the blood-stained Council contract. On the screen at the end of the room, a secure transmission clicked to life, revealing Alpha James and Jace in the Silver Ridge study. James looked ten years older. The realization that his own pack had been infiltrated by Drake, and that his council had duped him for two decades, hung heavy on his face. Beside him, Jace stood with his arms crossed, his amber eyes locked directly on me. "Show them," Kade commanded, standing behind my chair, his presence a dark, protective shadow. I held the folded parchment up to the high-definition camera. "Chancellor Vance-Vane signed the order to execute my parents on Highway 9. He destr
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