Chapter 237

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Alpha who likes to pretend he’s not one attack away from losing his borders entirely.

+25 Points

I keep my tone smooth. “We’ve spent decades fighting each other because it suited the old rules. The hunters adapted. We didn’t. Phoenix, River, and Midnight just proved what happens when we stop playing by the old rules.”

“Or what happens when you let a goddess into the mix,” someone counters.

There’s a beat of tension, and Bastian’s eyes narrow. “Rumours.”

I don’t correct him, not here, not on this call. Because I’d heard them too. The Luna of Phoenix. The one who burned silver and gold and healed wolves from the inside out.