Kaelira’s POV
Those words settled heavily in the corridor after the Lycan spoke them. Nobody answered immediately.
Not Darius or Serenya. Not the guards standing around the dead infiltrator on the floor. The silence itself felt dangerous now. Because this had stopped being a rumor.
Stopped being in politics. Someone had entered Ironfang territory with a purpose, and someone inside the pack had helped them do it. Darius looked down at the body again before speaking.
“Clear this corridor,” he ordered sharply. “No one speaks about this outside the council until I say otherwise.”
“That won’t stop it spreading,” Serenya muttered.
“No,” I replied quietly. “But it’ll slow the panic.”
One of the guards stepped forward carefully. “Alpha… the council’s already gathering.”
Of course they were
