PRIMUS ALEXANDER’S POV
My wolf was the first to notice.
He wasn’t growling anymore. He was... bowing.
Yielding.
And then I felt it.
The pull. Not pain. Not even fear. Something older. Something sacred. My breath caught as her voice echoed back in my skull like a whisper branded into my flesh:
It was like time itself had cracked apart.
The corridor was frozen. Elders locked in place. Levi half-turned. Juliet mid-breath. The Core Fang still pulsing in Aquamarine’s shaking hands.
And then me. Trapped inside my own skin.
Time had obeyed.
We all had.
And now that her words faded, everything slowly began to move again, but the air didn’t change. Because I knew what just happened. My heart slammed against my ribs. My claws itched beneath my skin. But my wolf… he stayed still. Like he h
