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Chapter 184 – The Alpha’s Gamble
Author: Devyn vale
last update2025-09-10 03:54:51

The dawn broke red across the horizon, streaking the clouds with fire. To the wolves, it felt less like morning and more like an omen. The camp stirred in uneasy silence, warriors tending to weapons with distracted hands, healers binding wounds in grim quiet, scouts moving with restless energy. The air itself seemed heavy, as though the world was holding its breath

Kael rose before the sun, his eyes shadowed but determined. He had not slept, for the weight of the council’s fracture pressed too heavily upon him. Their uneasy accord was a chain too brittle to hold. If he did not act, it would snap in the battles to come. He needed something stronger, something that would bind them beyond fear and necessity. He needed a bond that could not be broken

Liora found him at the edge of camp, staring out over the valley where the mist curled low against the ground. She studied him for a moment before speaking. “You’ve already decided, haven’t you?”

Kael’s gaze did not shift. “They doubt me. The
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