Chapter 18: The Obsidian Shattered

The central hall of the Pack Celebration Building was so silent that the soft hiss of the overhead torch flames echoed off the white marble like drawn blades. Two hundred pack leaders, warrior captains, and clan elders stood frozen around the banquet tables, their

Chapter 19: Burning the Forgery

A collective hush fell over the room as I lifted the seven yellowed parchments from the box. The ancient blood runes drawn across their surfaces glowed with a faint, greasy red light, reacting to the proximity of Gideon’s Alpha aura.

"Seven parchments," I said, my v

Chapter 20: The Weight of Truth

The marble hall of the Pack Celebration Building was submerged in horror.

Cassie lay limp on the cold stone, the smoldering obsidian pendant lying inches from her fingers, its foul stench hanging in the air. Victoria writhed against the iron grip of the senior counc