Chapter 67

Chapter 67 Seraphina’s POV Three days passed. Three days of endless meetings, strategy sessions, and delicate negotiations. I didn’t sleep much. None of us did. Kaelos and Callista worked beside me day and night, reinforcing alliances, dispatching envoys, drafting new trade offers to outmaneuver Cassian’s bribes. Every victory felt temporary. Every rumor that reached our war chamber felt like the spark of another fire we had to extinguish. But I didn’t flinch. Because if Cassian wanted war, I was ready to burn. On the fourth morning, an urgent knock on the chamber door jolted me from a rare moment of silence. Beta Merren stepped inside, face pale. "We have a problem." Kaelos stood immediately. "What kind?" "Flamehart envoys reached the Daggerfang Pack last night. Their Alpha..." Merren hesitated. "He’s called for a vote to reconsider their alliance with Blackthorne." Callista slammed a fist onto the table. "Cowards." But I stayed calm. "They haven’t withdrawn yet. It’s a vote. That mea