Rejected By Alpha, Craved By The Lycan King
"We do not know the true scope of his forces, and engaging him directly risks exactly the destruction he threatened last night."
I looked down at the pendant still resting in my palm, warmth pulsing faintly beneath my fingers as though responding to the determination building within me.
"The vision showed me something else," I said slowly, memory sharpening as I spoke the details aloud. "The original throne fell because the two rulers were separated physically before their combined power could be properly channelled. Malachai's faction understood that divided, our bloodlines remain vulnerable. United, properly, deliberately, they might finally be strong enough to end this threat entirely."