Chapter 86

• Third Person's POV
• In the imperial city, not everyone found sleep that night. Within the Blackwood household, tension hung thick like winter fog.
• Luna Blackwood stormed into the room, slamming her satchel onto the divan. "What a cursed night!" she barked. Even the Moonvale Pack could be exasperatingly unreliable. A simple gathering had spiraled into chaos. The engagement, meant to be a celebration of alliances, now felt like mockery.