Elena
*****Crescent Valley Fortress — War Hall, Minutes After the Attack*****
The fortress was still shaking when I stepped back into the war hall. Pieces of shadow dust clung to the walls, and the scent of burnt magic hung in the air. Warriors lined the perimeter, shaken, bruised, some bleeding, but all alive.
For now.
Chase and Lucian walked on either side of me, silent, tense. The twins were safe in the guarded chamber behind us, watched by a full squad of elite warriors. But the dread in my stomach didn’t care about safety. It cared about what I had felt in that hallway……
the shadows weren’t testing us. They were measuring us.
The moment I stepped into the center of the war hall, every Alpha from every visiting kingdom turned toward me. Conversations died. The room went dead quie
