Elena
*****Crescent Valley Fortress — Council Wing, Same Night*****
The war hall finally emptied, but the tension didn’t leave with the people. It hung over the fortress like a fog. Every torch in the hallway hissed when I walked past, reacting to the energy still burning inside me.
The twins held my hands as we made our way back to our private quarters. Lucian walked silently behind us, his presence as steady as a wall. Chase followed too, refusing to leave my side after what happened earlier.
No one spoke.
Even the children were unusually quiet.
I could still hear the echoes of my own words in the war hall:
“If the Shadow Faction wants a war, they just picked a fight with the wrong mother.”
The fire inside me hadn’t dimmed since then.
When we reached the twins’ room, four warrio
