Chapter 47

KALLIRA

We entered Ironhold quietly, avoiding the main gates and moving through paths Valerius’s wolves had mapped long before. The route was narrow and familiar, but the feeling around it had changed. The territory felt tighter, less open, like something was being restricted from within.

I slowed down slightly as we crossed the outer line.

“That’s new,” I said.

Valerius remained beside me, his at