Leah Carter’s Point of View
The Oracle’s body lay still on the marble floor.
Only the echo of her last words hung in the temple air like a curse.
“The last Alpha blood must decide the fate of both realms.”
Kael knelt beside her, checking for breath. “She’s alive,” he said softly. “Barely.”
The priestesses hurried forward, lifting the old woman with care. But her eyes, those pale, knowing eyes, stayed fixed on Emma, even as they carried her away.
Emma clung to my dress, frightened. “Mama… did I do something wrong?”
I hugged her tight. “No, my love, you did nothing wrong.”
But the truth in the pit of my stomach twisted. Something had changed. Something we could not undo.
Kael turned toward the temple doors, his face shadowed. “We need to speak with Caleb.”
The council met again tha
