Damon’s POV
The coalition's shared intelligence network produced its first major result three weeks after implementation, a report arriving from the southern territories describing unusual disturbances near an ancient burial ground long avoided by local pack superstition.
I traveled there myself, accompanied by Ines and a full guard detail now standard for any coalition business, arriving to find the southern territory's own forces already securing the perimeter based on our shared protocols.
"The locals call it Ashgrave," the southern territory's representative explained, leading us toward the site. "Old stories claim it's cursed, though nobody's been able to explain exactly what happened here originally. We found disturbed earth two days ago, consistent with the pattern you described
