Chapter 170
The chamber remained silent after Vormerion spoke.
The bronze dragon stood near the shattered entrance of the council hall, his enormous body filling the broken doorway while moonlight reflected across ancient scales marked with glowing silver lines that resembled restrained lightning beneath metal. Heat rolled through the chamber in slow waves, mixing with the fear already spreading among the wolves gathered inside.
"So the Lycan has awakened at last."
The words still echoed through the hall long after the dragon finished speaking.
Ariana felt Kael tense beside her immediately, though this time the reaction did not feel angry or unstable. The pressure surrounding him had changed again, becoming sharper and more alert, as though every instinct inside him had focused entirely on the ancient dragon standing before them.
The council reacted differently.
