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I stayed beside the healer’s table while he worked on the wolf from Moonbridge. His injuries were worse than I had first understood.

The healer had closed the deepest wound and stopped the bleeding, but every movement still made the injured wolf tense.

His eyes opened when I pulled a chair closer.

“Can you talk?”

“For a little while.”

“Then tell me what happened.”

He swallowed. “Voss found us.”

“After Moonbridge?”

“Yes.”

He breathed through the pain before continuing. “He gathered everyone who knelt to you.”

My hands tightened around the chair.

“What did he want?”

“A public declaration.”

The wolf closed his eyes.

“He made us stand in front of the pack. One by one, he asked us to say we had been wrong. He wanted us to swear that we still belonged to him.”

“And the ones who refused?”

His breathing changed.

“They were killed.”

The room went quiet.

“How many?”

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“Two.”

The answer came so softly that I almost missed it.

“What happened to the others?”

“He told us that was our last warning.”

“Did they have somewhere to hide?”

“Some did.”

“Did Voss find them?”

“I don’t know.”

“After the first executions, nobody trusted anyone. Some thought their families would be punished if they ran. Others believed Voss would forgive them if they stayed.”

“Did he?”

“No.”

“He kept asking questions. Names. Meetings. Who had spoken to you. Who had contact with Dartwood. Who had refused to report after Moonbridge.”

“How did you escape?”

“I attacked the guard when he opened the door.”

He winced as the healer adjusted the bandage on his side.

“I shifted and ran. They followed me for hours.”

“You came straight here?”

“I didn’t know where else to go.”

I looked down at him.

“You could have gone anywhere.”

“No.” His voice weakened. “You were the one we chose.”

I didn’t know what to say to that.

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At Moonbridge, I had thought their decision belonged to them. I had never imagined I would sit beside an injured wolf and hear what that decision had cost him.

The healer changed the cloth beneath his shoulder. The wolf sucked in a breath and gripped the edge of the table until his claws showed.

My female wolf stirred.

“Why does this hurt?”

I had expected anger. I had expected fear. I had expected the need to protect the people who were still alive.

I had not expected grief.

I barely knew this wolf. I had seen him once at Moonbridge, among dozens of others.

I had never learned his name before tonight. Yet hearing that two of the wolves who had knelt to me were dead left me struggling to breathe normally.

My female wolf lowered her head inside me.

“They chose us.”

I closed my eyes.

“I didn’t ask them to.”

“I know.”

“They died because they did.”

The wolf did not answer.

Damian stood a few feet away, watching me. He had been quiet since we entered the medical room, but I could tell he was paying attention to every change in my face.

“You can’t carry their choice for them,” he said.

I looked at him.

“They’re dead.”

“I know.”

“They trusted me.”

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“They trusted what you represented to them.”

“That doesn’t make it easier.”

“No.”

He came closer and rested his hand against the back of my chair.

“But you can’t decide that their deaths are your fault just because they chose to stand beside you.”

I looked away.

The healer continued working, giving us privacy without leaving the room.

Callum was standing near the doorway. I had almost forgotten he was there.

He crossed his arms.

“This is why I wanted to move quickly.”

I looked at him.

“You knew this would happen?”

“I knew Voss would retaliate. I didn’t know exactly how.”

His voice was flat.

“He will keep doing this.”

“How do you know?”

“Because he cannot tolerate divided loyalty.”

Callum stepped farther into the room.

“He will find every wolf who knelt at Moonbridge. He will force them to prove themselves or make an example of them. He won’t stop because two people are dead.”

My female wolf growled.

“He wants fear.”

“Yes.”

Callum looked at me.

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“He wants everyone else to understand what happens when they choose someone outside his control.”

I stood.

The chair scraped against the floor.

“And you think giving me Voss money will stop him?”

“No.”

“Then what exactly are you offering me?”

“Resources.”

“You said that already.”

“I am telling you that resources are what keep people alive when powerful enemies decide they can act without consequences.”

I stared at him.

“I have resources.”

“Not enough.”

Damian’s expression hardened.

Callum continued before he could speak.

“You have F-Tech. You have Dartwood. You have your father’s name. You have allies. But all of those things are connected to someone else. F-Tech can be targeted. Pack alliances can change. Companies can be frozen. Accounts can be seized.”

“You’re saying I should depend on you instead.”

“No.”

He shook his head.

“I am saying you need something that belongs to you alone.”

The words stayed between us.

I thought about the tunnel. The old symbols. The hidden bloodline records. Phina’s message. The wolf lying injured on the table.

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Every answer seemed to lead to another question.

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Callum had spent weeks circling the truth without giving me all of it. Now he wanted to place Voss wealth behind me, but he had already admitted there was a condition.

I was tired of half-answers.

I looked directly at him.

“You keep telling me what you want to give me.”

He waited.

“You keep telling me what you think I need.”

My voice had risen without me noticing.

Damian shifted closer, but he didn’t stop me. He knew I wasn’t asking Callum for another speech.

I took a step toward him.

“But you still haven’t answered the question I asked you before the alarm.”

His eyes narrowed slightly.

“What do you actually want me to become?”

Callum said nothing.

I held his gaze.

“A leader?”

He remained silent.

“A weapon?”

His jaw tightened.

“Or something else?”

For several seconds, the only sound in the room was the healer adjusting the equipment beside the injured wolf.

Somewhere outside, the security team was still checking the eastern perimeter, and the faint

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sound of radios carried through the corridor.

Callum finally answered.

“I want you to become someone nobody can ever use again.”

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