"Tell me more about her. About Seraphine. What else did your source reveal?"
I sense Kael's tension ease a fraction behind me. "He said she wasn't always the Bloodmoon Prophet. Long ago, she was simply a talented magic user who genuinely wanted to help. She dreamed of fostering harmony among different factions: wolves, witches, all magical creatures."
"What changed her?"
"Her approach," Kael replies. "She grew convinced that mere understanding wasn't sufficient. Some needed guidance, even control, for their own benefit. When others opposed that notion, when they spurned her ideals, she entrenched herself deeper rather than reflect."
"And now?"
"Now she believes true peace demands total dominion." His tone darkens. "For decades, she has labored to fracture wolf society. Every clash, ev
