Chapter 81 Raiden

• (Raiden’s POV)
• The grand hall gleams under the light of crystal chandeliers, the air filled with the hum of conversation and the soft clinking of glasses.
• Packs from across the region mingle, celebrating the success of the SOA preparations. But beneath the surface of alliances and diplomacy, there’s an unspoken tension—a quiet acknowledgment of the history between me and the woman this night seems to orbit around.