--- Skyler felt it before the horns,Not fear. Not chaos. Alignment. Sai rose beneath her skin like a tide answering the pull of a dark moon. Beside the window, Kaden stood already awake, Kane pacing inside him, claws scraping against restraint. “They’re not scattered,” Kaden said, voice low. “Three flanks. Moving in formation.” Skyler joined him. The forest beyond Ironfang’s borders was not howling wildly. It was silent. Too silent. “This is planned,” she murmured. “Eryx is commanding.” Kane’s growl rolled through Kaden’s chest. Then we answer.The horn split the night. Ironfang moved. And the war began. The first breach did not come at the gate. It came from the river. The bank exploded inward under coordinated force earth collapsing, water rushing through shattered reinforc

