Mated to the Alpha CEO
The banners of the Compact snapped in a brisk north wind — Ironmaw's iron fist, the Western Pact's silver tree, the Eastern Enclave's crescent moon, the Southern Refugees' interlocking paws, and a new banner, added just the previous night: Nightclaw's own dark wolf silhouetted against a field of stars, stitched by the paws of elders who had watched Lira grow from a frightened pup into a leader.
The past weeks had been a blur of motion. Teams had departed for the remaining weak points — Kael to the Howling Stones in the far north, Mera to the Sunken Temple's outer guardians in the western desert, Frost to rally the northern packs for the final push. One by one, reports had trickled back. The