Chapter 200

No one rushed forward to snap it in half. No one answered with steel or fire. The torches continued to burn, steady and exposed, lighting faces that refused to scatter.

That was the first thing the old powers hadn’t planned for.

Caleb walked down from the ridge alone.

Not armored. Not flanked.

Just an Alpha who had decided fear didn’t get to dictate posture anymore.

He stopped where the arrow had struck, crouched, and pulled it free of the soil. The tip was ...