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mbled to the main entrance of the manor. I heard Cydney shrieking ord

ive iron gates, his expression impassive. He was a man carved from granite, utterly unmoved by Cydney's hysterics. Beside him stood the three Pack Elde

seasoned wolf, magically amplified to carry over the commotion. "Cydney, we are here only to wit

a public rebuke. Cydney fell silent,

ut it was pathetically weak against the Elders, trying to salv

er's blustering. "The agreement is clear. The assets are to be retu

of the manor. The rooms were filled with beautiful things, rosewood furniture, silk draperies, priceless art

my mother's, my brother's, and my chambers that belongs to us personal

mother watched for a moment, her expression lost, then she took a deep breat

a sharp suit, a lawyer, stepped forward and read from a document in a loud, clear voice. "Under federal property law, obstructi

The public shame of having sheriffs force their

tired of Cydney's tyranny and Belia's cruelty, had taken matters into their own hands. Wolves resp

the precision of a disciplined army, marching past my sputtering,

ger and began issuing orders. "The Persian rug in the great hall, item

eless vases, carefully dismantling chandeliers, rolling up ancien

ted two of the stronger footmen who had come with Marcus's team. "The window," I said, pointin

the wing. It drew the attention of everyone nearby. I stood in the

rying across the manicured lawns. "We are taking them with us today

saw Belia flinch, her fac

who lived nearby were gathering at a safe distance, their

to the front lawn, arranging them in neat rows. It was an ostentatious di

ng hollowed out, its opulent shell crac

t a frantic mind link to his personal guard at the barracks, a desperate attempt to use force. The reply came back, and I saw the flicker

his mind, a suspicion that he was caught in a web far larger a