Lucien
The problem with fear is that intelligent people often mistake it for strategy. I was beginning to realize we were no exception.
I stand inside Cassian’s private strategy chamber, watching snow bury the wolf capital beyond the balcony windows. Silence hangs over the room, but it isn't the silence that catches my attention. It's what none of us are willing to say.
Separation.
The bond tightens every time the conversation circles too close to the subject, only to ease when someone pulls away from it. As if even the suggestion of separation is enough to trigger a warning.
Gods. That is deeply concerning.
Darius’s discovery changes everything we thought we knew about the first bond. It did not collapse because the rulers loved each other too intensely. It deteriorated after they w
