Chapter 15: Aftermath
{Mia’s P.O.V.}
The heavy oak doors of the council chamber creaked shut behind me, their finality echoing in the silence that followed.
My legs felt like they might give way beneath me, the weight of what had just happened pressing down on my chest. The air outside was cool, the evening breeze a stark contrast to the stifling tension inside. I leaned against the stone wall, trying to steady my breathing, my mind racing with the events that had unfolded.
Serena had been chosen to lead in Gabriel’s place. The pack had spoken, their votes counted, and the decision made. But even as I replayed the scene in my mind, it felt surreal, like a dream I couldn’t quite shake off. My punishment—the Guardian’s Trial—loomed large in my thoughts, a shadow over my future that I ha
