The Alliance Summit convened at the great Moon Altar, inside a ring of ancient standing stones open to the sky.
Every Alpha, pack leader, and Elder of the North had come. Caleb sat with one hand resting on the empty chair beside him, already smiling.
I had come to let the Moon Goddess answer him.
Beside his carved chair, Caleb had raised a second silver dais and draped it in white silk. The empty seat faced the assembly, ready for the penitent Saintess he expected to recover.
The assembly fell quiet when Kaelen and I entered the circle. Caleb rose in immaculate white and silver. Moonlight shone on his golden hair, and he opened his arms for the crowd.
He extended a hand. "Aurelia. It is time to end this. Come. The Goddess awaits your true oath."
He glanced toward the silver seat, dir
