Chapter 23: The Judgment

By dawn, a thick, freezing fog had settled over the Sterling Pack Territory.

The central plaza of the Pack Compound was packed with thousands of pack members, standing in total silence under the gray morning sky. The atmosphere was heavy with shock and collective shame. Ne

Chapter 24: Echoes in Cedar

The dawn brought no warmth to the Sterling Pack Compound.

A heavy, suffocating frost blanketed the stone training grounds, matching the dead quiet that had taken hold of the territory. The thousands of pack members who had witnessed the public banishment of Victoria and

Chapter 25: Piece by Piece

Gideon,

If you are reading this, the dark runes have burned, the obsidian pendant is shattered, and your mind is finally your own again.

I know what you are feeling right now. I know the forged bond has collapsed, leaving you with the sudden, violent weight of a true ma