Chapter 163
The room stayed silent after Lucien's warning.
Ariana could feel the tension pressing against the walls of the house while Kael stood near the doorway, his expression dark enough to make even Ryder uneasy. Outside, wolves still lingered beyond the trees, watching and waiting for something none of them fully understood yet.
"If you stay in this territory tonight," Lucien said again, his voice calm but firm, "the council is going to start a war over you."
Kael's jaw tightened immediately. "That's enough."
But Lucien did not back down.
His attention shifted toward Ariana again, and this time she noticed something important in his expression.
He wasn't looking at her with hatred.
He was looking at her like he already knew how dangerous the council could become once fear took control of them.
"You came all the way here just to threaten her?" Kael asked coldly.
