Chapter 6 - THE REBELLION CRUMBLES
The sheer audacity of a human woman openly challenging an elite warlord stunned the courtyard into absolute silence. Lord Cassian’s face flushed a furious crimson, his pride stung beyond endurance.
"Insolent human bitch!" Cassian roared, raising his broadsword. "I’ll carve your heart out myself!"
He charged toward the grand staircase leading up to the balcony, his loyalists howling behind him, ready to storm the royal quarters.
Aldric didn't even flinch. He released Senna’s hand for a fraction of a second, shifting his posture as his body began to transform—bones cracking and reshaping as his massive, silver-furred dire wolf emerged with a deafening, earth-shaking roar.
The beast was twice the size of a normal wolf, crackling with raw, blinding electrical energy.
Cassian’s vanguard reached the first landing of the stairs when Aldric leaped.
It wasn't a battle; it was a slaughter. With one sweep of his massive paw, Aldric sent three rebel fighters flying backward over the stone railing into the snow below. Cassian raised his sword to strike, but Aldric’s jaws clamped down on the blade, snapping the steel like a dry twig.
Terrified by the sheer, unbridled fury of the Alpha King, Cassian stumbled backward, dropping his broken weapon.
"Yield," Aldric shifted back into his human form instantly, standing over Cassian with glowing amber eyes and blood-stained hands. "Or join Mard in the obsidian cells."
Cassian swallowed hard, looking around the courtyard to see that his entire militia had dropped their weapons. The sight of the Alpha King fighting beside a human mate who refused to cower had broken the rebellion's spirit.
"We yield," Cassian whispered, dropping to one knee.
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Across the courtyard, hundreds of wolves followed suit, kneeling in unison.
Senna watched from the balcony, exhaling the breath she had been holding. But as the adrenaline began to fade, a sharp, white-hot pain stabbed directly through her chest. She stumbled, grabbing the stone pillar for support as a wave of dizziness washed over her vision, turning everything to black.
