Nasir’s POV
The palace hadn’t felt this tense in years.
I leaned against a marble pillar just outside the main hall, arms crossed, watching servants scurry like frightened mice. Something had shifted tonight, something subtle but powerful—like a storm building just beneath the skin of the kingdom. And I could feel it. In the walls. In the air.
In my bones.
And it was all because of him. It started when Caelum showed up.
The Silver Fang Alpha walked into the feast like he owned it—easy smile, sharp suit, eyes too calculating for my liking. At first, I told myself I was being paranoid. But then how can I forget that this was the man that poisoned my brother. He has done everything to bring us all down to our knees.
He has shed so much blood, and all of that just ends? So suddenly?
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