Chapter 172

The hall did not return to normal after Selena was taken away.

It couldn’t.

Truth had weight, and it pressed down on everyone now—elders, warriors, even the walls that had witnessed too many lies. Alpha Summer was dragged out in silence, his head bowed, his authority already gone. No one spoke for him. No one reached out.

Caleb remained standing long after the doors closed.

Only when the echoes fully died did he turn to Kaia.

“You should sit,” he said quietly.

Kaia ...