Chapter 136

Caleb POV

The air changed the moment my grandfather arrived.

I felt it before anyone announced him—before the guards stiffened, before the elders rushed to line the courtyard. It was the same crushing presence I remembered from childhood, heavy and cold, like a shadow that never truly leaves you.

Mr. Nightshald.

The former Alpha Supreme.

The man who taught me strength meant sacrifice—and that mercy was weakness.

His carriage rolled through the gates like it owned the land ...