Mated to the Alpha CEO
Aria stood at the front, her own crystals dim around her neck, her voice carrying the weight of knowledge passed down through generations.
"The First War was not a war of territory," she began. "It was a war of existence against nonexistence. The light-creatures and the shadow-creatures were not gods or demons — they were forces, older than the world, locked in a conflict that had been raging since before time began. The wolves of the First Pack were caught between them. We were not the instigators of that war. We were its victims."
She unrolled a map showing the ley lines, the weak points, the ancient wards. The students leaned forward, their eyes intent.