The Alpha's Hardest Game
She stood tall, her spine perfectly straight, her amber eyes sweeping across the illuminated courtyard with an ancient, undeniable calm.
Beneath her coat, resting against her collarbone, the liquid silver pendant of Aethelgard pulsed with a faint, ethereal platinum luminescence. Although the ancient alloy was small, the sovereign frequency it emitted rippled outward, wrapping around Avery in an invisible, majestic cloak of pure authority.
The elite soldiers of the vanguard, trained to withstand the blood-curdling roars of rival Alphas, found their inner wolves instinctively lowering their heads in profound, silent reverence. The air around her felt sacred, untouched, and utterly absolute.