Chapter 187

For generations, power in the pack had been loud. Declared. Enforced with dominance and bloodlines and fear dressed up as tradition. What they had just witnessed didn’t fit that shape. It didn’t roar.

It settled.

Caleb felt it in his chest first—a steadying weight, not a burden. The bond between Alpha and pack no longer tugged or strained. It held.

“This changes nothing about our laws,” Elder Mira said at last, her voice carrying across the courtyard. “But it changes ...