Gillian.
“Everyone, listen carefully,” I commanded, my voice cutting through the hall like a blade. The echoes clung to the stone, heavy and inescapable. “By the authority bestowed upon me as the Alpha Prince… and as the sole successor of Former Alpha King Jeremias… I issue this decree: seize every traitor. Chain them. Imprison them all until the day their judgment is carved in blood.”
“You have no right to do this, Gillian!” Maximus bellowed, his fury shaking the chamber. “I am the king of this entire domain! Release us at once… this is an order!”
“Do not listen to him,” I said, my tone devoid of mercy, colder than the steel at my side. “He is nothing more than a common subordinate of Former Alpha King Jeremias. You have always known this. And moments ago, I stripped away his lies and
