The assassination attempt served as a brutal catalyst. It proved that the Adhiero bond was no longer a private miracle between a man and a woman; it was a biological mandate for a new world. To survive, we couldn't just be a pack. We had to become a government.
We established the **First Adhiero Council** in the heart of the Ridge, replacing the old system of hereditary Beta advisors with a circle of bonded pairs. Each pair brought a different frequency to the table—some were healers, some were tacticians, and some, like the twins, were "Resonators" who could feel the shift of the wind miles away.
But while we built our order, the rest of the world was falling into chaos.
The Great Hall had been rearranged. The high throne was gone, replaced by a massive circular table carved from the w
