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Chapter 82 – Bonds Beyond Blood
The storm outside Hollow Fang’s walls matched the tension brewing inside. Thunder cracked like a warning shot across the heavens, and the trees howled with the wind's fury. Seraphina stood at the edge of the training grounds, her cloak billowing around her like wings. The Luna of three alphas, the bearer of ancient blood, the protector of all packs—yet her eyes held a storm fiercer than any tempest nature could conjure.
Beside her, Zev’s jaw clenched as he watched the council’s envoys arrive in full ceremonial armor—polished steel that glinted even in the gloom. Behind them came the surviving enforcers of the Shadow Claw and Blood Ash packs, their expressions unreadable.
“I don’t trust this,” Cassian muttered under his breath, stepping up beside Sera
