Chapter 151

Viona's POV

The chamber air had grown heavy with the weight of silence.

Four long minutes, no one spoke. My words-my father's, Nicolas's-still reverberated through the stone walls, pressing against the stubborn pride of the council like an invisible hand. Every wolf present could feel the inevitability of change.

At last, the Alpha of the Northern Pack exhaled sharply, his nostrils flaring. "Perhaps... Perhaps there is truth in what you say."

Gasps followed. None of us had ...