Jennifer
The morning after the full moon, the new Council convened.
I stood in the center of the training grounds. The bonfire altar had been scrubbed clean, but the dark stains between the stones were permanent.
No one dared look me in the eye.
Sebastian stood beside me, but he didn't speak for me. This was my judgment.
I read the decrees out loud. The corrupt Elders were abolished. The ban on Omegas training was lifted. The healer apprenticeship was reopened to all ranks, and stable duty was made a rotating chore for warriors, not a life sentence.
Finally, they brought Colin forward.
His steps were agonizingly slow. The backlash had ruined his balance. When the guards let him go, he dropped to his knees in front of the altar.
The exact spot where I had coughed up blood.
There wa
