Chapter 174

No horns. No celebration. Just the quiet sound of a pack learning how to breathe again.

Caleb stood at the edge of the training grounds, watching warriors move through drills with a restraint he had never seen before. They weren’t showing strength for dominance. They were recalibrating—testing what authority meant now that fear was no longer the spine holding everything upright.

Kaia joined him, her presence subtle but steady. Since the night Selena was exposed, something ...