The Hidden Bloodline

KALLIRA

The senior elder's declaration to reopen the investigation into my father’s death hung in the cavernous expanse of the grand hall. The tension in the room had shifted, heavy and suffocating, putting Torin firmly on the defensive. I watched his shoulders square, his jaw locking into a mask of cold, unbothered stone. To the rest of the council, he looked like an Alpha enduring an insult wit