CHAPTER 55

SERENA POV

The decision was made—Lucien didn’t even need to say it.

The packs would leave at first light. Nightshade needed protection. We needed protection.

But the hall wouldn’t settle. Not fully. Not anymore.

Old rivalries resurfaced. Warriors argued about rogue strategies. Some Alphas whispered that the Child of Balance must be controlled, contained, protected.

Others whispered darker things…

“Power like that should belong to the Summit.”

“A child like that ...