Fractures and Foundations
Two more packs withdrew from the Coalition over the next week.
White River and Mountain Ridge made it official, citing the same reasons: inadequate security guarantees without Luna's shields. Red Canyon followed three days later.
That left twelve packs, down from our original fifteen.
"We're stabilizing," Diana said during an emergency Council meeting. "The packs leaving were the ones who joined primarily for protection benefits. The twelve remaining are genuinely committed to reform principles."
"That's one way to look at it," Alpha Vincent countered. "Another way is that we've lost twenty percent of our membership in two weeks. That's not stable, it's collapsing."
"We're consolidating," I corrected. "Separating true believers from fair-weather allies. The
