Chapter 61 Blood Convergence

• The stone amphitheater of Valehart, long dormant, had not hosted a gathering in over two centuries.
• Located at the convergence of five ancient ley lines — one for each cardinal pack and a lost one known only in whispered legends — Valehart was the spiritual and political center of wolf-kind before it fractured.
• Now it pulsed with tension. Torches lined the perimeter. The platform at the heart was shaped like a full moon split into four equal crescents, one for each cardinal direction. In the center stood a fifth ring — long scorched black from the last failed unification attempt. Lucy Hamilton stood in the center of that ring, head held high, cloak bearing the resurrected Moonclaw crest.