Chapter 239 Council Intervenes

• POV: Luna
• The Council representatives arrived at dawn, their convoy of vehicles pulling through Silverwood's damaged gates like an invading force. Twelve elders. Multiple guards. Magical specialists. Political observers. All coming to assess, to judge, to determine Silverwood's fate.
• I stood with the Headmaster to greet them, exhausted from the night's battle, covered in blood and dirt and artifact residue, but standing tall because collapsing would show weakness we couldn't afford.