Twenty years back, when Etien first earned his title as Duke, he stood at the edge of Winterbraun's eastern tower, watching the morning fog roll over the valleys far below, land smothered in thick snow and endless frost. His decision had already been made.
He'd ordered every soldier in Winterbraun, alongside a still-teenaged Kael Lenoch—the Alpha of Ael'Vurin, to wipe out every wolfsbane plant found across the northern territories, and most of Trigia beyond.
Etien had sworn to protect the last of the Ael'Vurin, a race teetering on the brink of extinction just like the noble dragons of old. So he didn't stop at extermination. He also relocated the silver wolf race's hideout to a region so remote even humans couldn't reach it.
