"Taken by who?" Serena's voice came out sharper this time, grief hardening into something closer to demand. "Vasha, I need the whole truth. Not fragments. Not what you think I can handle."
The elder studied her for a long moment before finally continuing, voice heavy with the weight of a story she'd clearly carried alone for years.
"Your mother discovered something the Alpha Council never intended anyone to find," Vasha said. "Proof that the current Council had secretly rewritten the Moon Covenant generations ago—the ancient agreement that once bound every pack to protect the First Moon bloodline, not hunt it. She found the original document. Unaltered. Buried in records the Council believed long destroyed."
"Like the hidden library beneath the roots," Kael murmured.
"Similar. Older."
