The peace that settled over the Winter Citadel in the weeks following the Leviathan's defeat was unprecedented.
For the first time in recorded history, the Northern and Southern Lycan armies were not preparing for war. Instead, they were rebuilding. Together, they expanded the massive trade routes, fortified the coastal borders, and integrated their cultures under the absolute, undisputed rule of the Unified Crown.
But true power, especially power as vast and volatile as the combined magic of an Alpha King and a Primal Empress, does not go unnoticed by the rest of the world.
Aaliyah sat gracefully upon her glowing moonstone throne in the Great Hall. She wore a stunning, high-collared gown of deep velvet, the exact shade of Valerius’s dark violet aura, delicately embroidered with silv
