Chapter 129

• Magnus's POV
• Greenbamboo Court lived up to its name-quiet, remote, almost hidden from the rest of the Shadowbane territory. I had lived here with my mother once, long before power had settled on my shoulders, and even after claiming the Alpha mantle, I never felt the need to move.
• The moment we stepped into this part of the compound, Aysel drew in a breath like she'd finally been released from the suffocating air of the main hall, where Sanchez bloodlines gathered in one toxic cloud of tension and unsaid hostility.