Chapter 171 Varn

• The ceremony bled seamlessly into the morning’s feast, the heavy air of formality loosening just enough to let hunger take the lead. By the time we left the throne room, my stomach had begun a quiet rebellion of its own, and I wasn’t the only one.
• We were all starved.
• Now, we sat at the long dining table, a span of polished darkwood that could have easily doubled as a battlefield if someone decided to declare war over breakfast. The council members lined one side, the girls on the other, with Lupercus keeping his watchful position near the far end. Sargis had guided me, without hesitation, to the head of the table, and he took his place at my right, close enough that the warmth of his arm brushed mine. Our first official breakfast as Supreme Alpha and Luna.