~SELENE~
The message came at dawn.
A silver raven landed on the stone ledge of the Keep... its eyes glowing faintly with ancient magic. I was still wrapped in Lucian’s scent… barely dressed… when Caspian entered with the scroll in hand… his jaw clenched so tight it looked like it might c***k.
“They know,” he said.
I didn’t have to ask who.
The seal on the scroll said it all.
The Council of Elders.
I took it from him... the parchment hot to the touch. My pulse thumped in my throat as I read the words aloud:
> To Selene of the Moonborne Lineage,
It has come to our attention that you have undergone unauthorized ascension.
You now bear the mark of sovereign power, unblessed by our council and bound unnaturally to three alphas.
This breach threatens balance… bloodlines… and legacy
