"First question," I said. "Are the court copies safe?"

The royal guard checked his phone, called the court recorder and put the answer on speaker.

"All digital copies from the guest-wing transfer are already in the protected hearing file," she said. "The orig

A week later, I could cross the hearing room with a cane.

I still chose the chair.

Nora approved of that so loudly she didn't have to say anything.

The royal hearing was held in Ironclad's council chamber, but the three adjudicators at the front were Lycan cou

At moonrise, Adrian stopped being Alpha.

Nothing shook. No thunder rolled over Ironclad. I only felt the pack pressure change, a weight I'd lived under so long I had mistaken it for weather.

The next morning he came to the east guest wing alone—no guards, no Gamma, no Alpha tone.