Chapter 40 The Grand Convergence

• The Stonepeak Clan, though reeling from the internal strife, began its slow, painful process of healing. Alpha Kaelen, clear-eyed and humbled, became a powerful testament to Elara's abilities, his confession of the Shadow Weaver’s insidious manipulation echoing throughout the clan.
• His pack, now allied, pledged its unwavering loyalty, grateful for their liberation from the brink of self-destruction.
• Elara felt the momentary respite, a fragile calm after the storm of Kaelen’s purification. But the chill left by the Shadow Weaver’s deliberate withdrawal from the Abyss and its subsequent furious silence lingered in her mind. It was regrouping. It was learning. And its next move would be devastating.