Chase
*****Moments after Lucian’s declaration*****
The world didn’t settle after Lucian’s declaration.
It tightened.
Every Alpha still kneeling could feel it, the pressure, the dominance, the silent warning humming through the air like a blade pressed against the throat. No one moved. No one dared. Even the wind seemed to hesitate, circling Silverfang like it didn’t know which way to blow.
Elena stood at the center of it all.
Calm.
Still.
Blazing.
Power clung to her like a second skin, controlled but terrifying in its restraint. She didn’t need to shout. She didn’t need to threaten. The fact that she could was enough.
Lucian lingered a step behind her, close enough to claim, far enough to remind everyone that he was not her shadow, he was her weapon.
And yet…
His eyes were on m
