Chapter 15: Back to Back

The truth had set us free, but it had not built us a kingdom. In the weeks following Fenrir’s exile and Lycan’s public vindication, our world was one of fragile alliances and simmering resentment. The Lycan court viewed me with wary tolerance; my own people watched our union with a mixture of hope and deep-seated suspicion. We were a symbol, but symbols are brittle things. Lycan, true to his word, did not retreat from his duties. He reclaimed his role as Crown Prince, but he did so with...