Chapter 28: The Alpha King's Command
(Caspian's POV)
The moment I spoke the words, the Pack Council Chamber fell into a deathly silence. Every eye fixed on me, a mixture of shock and disbelief etched across their faces.
"The Future Alpha will lead the relief mission to the Northern Quarter," I repeated, my voice cutting through the stillness. "He departs tomorrow at dawn."
I surveyed the chamber with measured calm. The Alpha's Hall stood as the most impressive structure within Thorne Manor. Ancient pack symbols adorned every surface – intricate carvings of running wolves decorated the high wooden beams, ceremonial wolf-crest banners hung from the walls, and rare stone inlaid the floors in rich patterns of amber and forest green.
No one dared speak at first. The scent of shock and
