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Chapter 41

Author: chemubiiy
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Alaric’s POV

The council chamber was suffocatingly silent, the kind of silence that pressed into your ears and crawled under your skin. My wolves sat around the long oak table, their faces carved from stone, though anger and unease flickered in their eyes. The failed rogue attack had shaken everyone, myself included, and the tension in the room was palpable, a live wire ready to snap.

I gripped the edge of the table, the wood groaning under the pressure of my hands. This wasn’t a random attack. It wasn’t chaos. It was precision. The rogues had been too deliberate in their movements, their approach calculated and surgical, not the disorganized frenzy they were known for.

“Reports,” I said, my voice cutting through the heavy air. My tone was sharp, commanding, the voice of an Alpha who would not tolerate excuses.

Braylon, my Beta and closest confidant, straightened in his seat. His broad shoulders, usually unyielding, seemed to sag slightly under the weight of his findings. He was loya
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