The Burden of Unity
The Shadowmoon Caves, once a haven of desperate survival, had swelled into a reluctant melting pot. The arrival of the Stone Ridge Clan, and news of other scattered pureblood survivors Lyra and Kieran had convinced to tentatively join their cause, brought with it a surge of hope, but also a tidal wave of deeply ingrained distrust and conflicting ideologies. Kieran had welcomed them all, his Alpha instincts demanding unity against a common foe, but the practicalities of forging an alliance from centuries of isolation and bitter history proved to be a crucible, testing his leadership, and Lyra's resolve, to their very core.
The daily council meetings became battlegrounds of ideology rather than strategy. In the main gathering cavern, around the steadily pulsing Obsidian
