Chapter 73 Kingdom Aurelia

• REIKA'S POV
• The silence that followed was suffocating. Wolves shifted uncomfortably, exchanging looks, some trembling. For a long moment, no one dared move. But Father’s aura was crushing, and hesitation had no place under his watch.
• Finally, a few wolves broke from the crowd, stepping forward with stiff limbs. Their eyes never once met mine or my father’s. Shoulders hunched, heads bowed, they looked like condemned criminals awaiting their sentence. Slowly, more joined until a line had formed, the faces of my tormentors.