Kane
“Do you have any objection?”
At Grandpa's words, a hundred eyes turned to her.
Ella took a slow breath.
She could feel the faint ripple of my aura beside her, silent and observant.
“No, Alpha,” she said clearly. “But with your permission, I would like to take the examination this year.”
Every head in the room snapped toward her.
A full year was already considered reckless. But to challenge the Alpha Council test in a few months’ time? It bordered on madness.
Britney’s fork clattered against her plate. “You… you can’t be serious.”
Even grandpa blinked, his stoic mask faltering for the briefest second.
“Repeat that,” he said quietly.
“I said,” Ella replied, her voice calm and even, “that I will take the examination this year. I have been studying on my own for the past few ye
