Chapter 37: The Tribunal of Blood
The walk down the canyon path felt like a descent into hell.
The air grew hotter as we neared the canyon floor, thick with the smell of burning pitch from the torches and the musk of a hundred hostile wolves.
Kael walked a step ahead of me. He was a wall of muscle and scars, his Alpha aura radiating so strongly it kicked up little dust devils around his boots. He didn't look at the Council. He didn't look at the guards.
His eyes were locked on the silver cage.
We reached the canyon floor. The silence was deafening.
The twelve Council Alphas watched us with impassive faces. They were the judges, juries, and executioners of our world, but tonight, they looked like vultures waiting for a meal.
Garrett stood in the center of the sand ring. He looked imm
