SERA

The tribunal convened on a Thursday, in a formal chamber that looked like a courtroom and

felt like a funeral.

Five Elder judges sat on an elevated platform, their faces arranged in the practiced

neutrality of people whose jobs required them to weigh catastrophic information without

visible reaction. The gallery was full — representatives from every major pack on the

continent, territorial diplomats, military advisors, journalists from the pack news networks.

The scope of the ASHFALL ...