PROFESSOR CORNELIUS FELL
The Hermetic Order meets in chambers beneath the British Museum. Thirteen mages, masters of their crafts, gathered to discuss supernatural control.
I'm presenting tonight.
"Subject: Callum Brennan. Status: Alpha resistance leader, Rookeries." I pull up photos. "Age twenty-eight. Born wolf. Framed and exiled by brother. Currently leading seventy-three packless wolves in organized resistance."
The council watches my presentation with interest.
"Assessment?" asks Grandmaster Thorne. He's been leading the Order for forty years.
"High intelligence, strong leadership, genuine charisma. Natural Alpha material." I advance to next slide. "But also damaged. Prison trauma, betrayal issues, desperate for validation. Exploitable."
"You've infiltrated his organization?" T
