By late afternoon, the fallout from the assembly had reduced Vivienne’s political empire to smoking rubble. The High Council had immediately placed her under formal investigation for abuse of administrative authority and malicious framing, while Damien’s enforcers sy

The disciplinary tribunal in the High Council chamber was a masterclass in bureaucratic execution. The vaulted stone room, smelling faintly of ozone and old dust, was packed with regional elders, pack leaders, and council judges whose expressions were set in

The Annual Equinox Gala at the Grand Citadel was the pinnacle of elite shifter society. Hundreds of high-ranking Alphas, Lunas, and council delegates milled beneath glittering crystal chandeliers, dressed in their finest ceremonial silks and velvet regalia.

Yet,