Chapter 30
Dae-Hyun The courtyard filled before sunrise. Torches hissed in the damp air, their smoke curling up into the pale sky. The wolves had gathered in silence—rows of soldiers in black-and-silver armor, their eyes burning yellow in the gloom. And in the center, Son-Yu knelt. His wrists were bound to the wooden post, his hair matted from the dungeon, his skin bruised from Gon’s interrogations. He trembled, but not from cold. Fear rolled off him in waves. The crowd parted as Eun-Ae entered at my side, her nine tails trailing like banners, her ears twitching at every murmur. She didn’t need to speak—the wolves hushed at the sight of her. Gon stepped forward. “Traitor Son-Yu, magistrate of the king’s court. You stand accused of conspiring with Bool-He to betray the throne, of delivering inform
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