"Strength protects, but wisdom guides. In balance, a kingdom thrives—and a family endures."
THE ROYAL COUNCIL CHAMBER, SILVER KINGDOM
3rd POV
The Grand Council Chamber was not a place built for revelry. It was a soaring space of obsidian stone and polished silver, designed for the gravity of laws and the absolute finality of wartime strategy. Yet tonight, the Chamber was transformed. Banners bearing the combined sigil of the Lycan King and the Omega Matriarch, the crowned wolf and the stylized, luminous fern draped from the high arches. The massive circular table was laden not with maps, but with crystal glasses and decanters of fine, ancient wine.
