LEO'S POV
The room was filled with tension as I stood in my office, facing Elder Lowell and the two other elders who's names I was still yet to know. We had been arguing for what felt like hours, going in circles about the damn key and what Lowell had discovered.
"This isn't the only way," I said, my jaw tightening as I ran my fingers through my hair in frustration. "Fire didn’t work, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of options, Lowell. There has to be another way to destroy it."
One of the elders, a wiry man with graying hair, shook his head. " Alpha Leo, tampering futher with the key could have unintended consequences. If it was truly created by the old gods, we cannot afford reckless action. It could turn into something we are not prepared for."
I exhaled sharply, dragging a hand thr
