Chapter 15

• Ironclaw’s Clan
• The air in the clan carried an uneasy stillness. It was the type of silence that whispered of impending storms. No one needed to speak to acknowledge the tension in the air—every member of the pack felt it like a weight pressing down on their chest. The next two days would determine everything, and the weariness was palpable.
• Life in Ironclaw wasn’t always this tense. Change had swept through the clan like a wildfire when the Alpha decided to reshape it according to his vision. It came with consequences, of course—his greed brought both power and a curse. The rejected, the outcasts, the weak alphas who couldn’t hold their own—they became sacrifices for the greater good. They were sold off, used as bargaining chips in the Alpha's auction system, bringing wealth and stability. At least that’s what he told himself.