It was a decree that shook the very foundations of the territories. The scroll from Vale Media Group was brief, cold, and absolute:
"We, the High Council of Vale Media, hereby cast Mia Turner into the outer darkness. She is blacklisted from every hunt, every contract, and every hall of influence within our borders and beyond. To offer her shelter or work is to declare oneself an enemy of the Vale—a champion of the treacherous and the dishonorable."
The message didn't stop there. It addressed the shadow Mia had tried to cast over me:
"Furthermore, after an interrogation of the captured scents and digital trails, we find Ava Hart—the Silver Wolf of Turner Studios—entirely innocent of these schemes. To restore the honor of the craft, the Vale officially acknowledges her grace and integrity
