Claimed by the Alpha's Curse
“There’s unrest. The Iron Circle is gathering again. Not openly but in whispers. There’s talk of a weapon. Something drawn from the wreckage of the Rift.”
The mage added, “And worse. The Hollowed magic isn’t dormant. It’s moving. Infected bloodlines are surfacing. Wolves with no memory of how they turned—just hunger and shadow.”
Lyra crossed the chamber, stopping before the long table where the Accord’s map lay stretched. Her fingers traced the old border of Nightshade, then drifted east,toward a place that had been abandoned for a long time.
“There’s an ancient burial ground in the Silverdeep Valley,” she said. “My vision at the Archives—it showed me a shadow rooted there. A failed ritual.