Chapter 382

Third Person's POV

Declan's lips pressed into a thin, bloodless line.

Zarek's decree hung in the air like an execution order—calm, absolute, and impossible to defy. The Steelbound Alpha's voice still echoed in his mind: "Unless the Caldwell Pack strikes her from their lineage, the Alliance will cut every tie."

For the Caldwells, who had long sought to expand into the Citadel's territories and secu