Adeline’s POV
The palace wasn’t far, but each step felt heavier with fear for my boys. Elijah and Caleb were still so young, their wolves not yet awakened, and yet they were already being dragged before the Wolf Clan’s court like rogues. The thought alone made my chest ache.
Eve paced inside me, restless and angry. “They dared touch our cubs. Let me show them who we are.”
“Not now,” I whispered. “We need to stay calm, not lash out.”
But calm was the last thing I felt when the palace gates loomed before me. Guards stood like statues. When I tried to pass, crossed spears blocked me instantly.
“Halt. No one enters without summons.”
“I need to see the Alpha King,” I said, louder than I meant to. “My sons are inside that court today. They are accused, and I am their mother.”
The guards’
