Kael’s Point Of View.

“I need to expand the mass of my pack.”

The throne room was quiet, the kind of silence that held power.

Only the fire dared to move, crackling in the braziers and throwing restless shadows across the black stone walls.

I sat back in my throne, one hand curled lazily around a silver goblet, the other tapping against the carved armrest.

The flames caught the edge of my armor, glinting off the metal like sharp teeth.

My warriors stood before me in a ...