*Chapter 24:
ALESSIA
We didn’t get ten steps.
The corridor ahead locked down with a sound like a gunshot. Steel barriers dropped from the ceiling and sealed every exit except the stairwell behind us. Red lights bathed the walls, and the holo-drone from the Council chamber buzzed into view, its lens focusing on our blood-covered group.
The Elder’s voice filled the hall. It was calm, clinical, and meant for every pack watching this trial. “BloodNight, the Untouchable trio. Three Alphas who leveled the Northern Packs in a single night, the ones who no one dares cross.”
The camera zoomed in. It caught Axel’s pale face and the blood soaking through Asher’s shirt. It caught Asher stepping aside to let me kill in some minutes ago. It caught Azriel, who had knelt to me minutes ago.
“So why,
