Chapter 59 Preparations For War

• The war council convened at dawn in the castle's map room, its walls now covered with charts of dimensional stability readings and reports from our growing network of observer posts. Aldric sat at my right hand, his presence steady through our soul-bond despite the magnitude of what we were planning to reveal.
• Kael entered first, his scarred face grim with the weight of command. Behind him came Master Dorian,
• followed by the new regional commanders we'd appointed to oversee defensive preparations. Lady Minerva and Lord Garrett represented the surviving nobility, their expressions mixing resignation with determination.