The Greyhall end of the chain had been verbal. Insults. Comebacks. A roast so thorough Grimscar had to cover his face.
Nobody in that chamber came prepared for what happened after.
The next seven dominoes fell in under six minutes, which was impressive considering it started with a girl informing an Alpha King that he was fucking stupid.
DOMINO 38: SOMEBODY DIDN’T GET HIS NAP TODAY
GREYHALL CROSSING - COUNCIL CHAMBER - 8:06 PM
Tharos looked like a kettle three seconds past the whistle.
"I don’t tolerate disrespect. I have NEVER tolerated disrespect. Every Alpha at this table knows what happens when someone disrespects Stonehowl. You WILL fall in line and you WILL show respect."
Every pair of eyes in the room flicked to Guinevere. Most of them were not bothering to hide that they were enjoying the fuck out of this.
"Oh, believe me. We know. You’ve demanded it six times tonight," she said, voice dry as sand. "Has it worked yet?"
That did it.
Whoops.
At full Alpha speed, Tharos closed the distance so fast the blade was already at her throat by the time anyone registered he’d moved.
Gavyn’s blade was out in a flash, alongside the other Lunaris warriors. Stonehowl’s men immediately matched.
"You are a nobody bitch," Tharos gritted, eyes flaring molten. "Give me one reason to keep you alive. Clock is ticking."
DOMINO 39: EMOTIONAL SUPPORT PACKS
GREYHALL CROSSING - COUNCIL CHAMBER - 8:07 PM
Before she could get a word out, three packs drew blades in perfect sync, backing Stonehowl like they’d rehearsed this shit for weeks.
When Guinevere spoke, her voice was calm and carried no malice. "You lose your composure in a chamber full of kings over me. Why?"
Tharos blinked, clearly taken aback that she wasn’t even slightly rattled.
"Apologize, girl. Or we let him open you," Alpha Darwin Blackmoor growled.
Blade at Gavyn’s throat, one of the three packs in Stonehowl’s corner, and clearly not in the mood for a debate.
DOMINO 40: THANKSGIVING AT THE BLACKMOORS
GREYHALL CROSSING - COUNCIL CHAMBER - 8:08 PM
To her absolute bewilderment, steel rang from the opposite side of the chamber. The other Blackmoor twin and his men had drawn. On Stonehowl.
Two brothers going against one another. She’d known them a combined total of zero minutes outside of being in this chamber and was fairly confident neither had ever been particularly close to her father.
"She apologizes over my dead body," Alpha Benjamin Blackmoor stated. "You can apologize to her, Darwin."
Darwin stared at his brother with the specific fury of a man who had been contradicted by the same face his entire life. "You don’t even KNOW this girl. She insulted an Alpha."
"I don’t need to know her. I need to know you’re wrong. And you are," Benjamin replied lightly.
"Brother." Darwin looked ready to combust. "We AGREED to not do this today."
"We did. I lied. I do that. You should know by now."
DOMINO 41: INCEPTION BUT WITH SWORDS
GREYHALL CROSSING - COUNCIL CHAMBER - 8:09 PM
A wolf in the back of the room pulled out his blade and sighed. "I gave up a hunting trip for this."
The man next to him nodded, also drawing his weapon. "I left a warm bed and a willing woman."
They looked at each other.
"Totally worth it though."
"Oh absolutely. Wouldn’t have missed this shit for the world."
"For fuck’s sake." Alpha Veilcross’s voice boomed through the chamber. His entire group drew and locked blades on Guinevere.
Half a second later, Alpha Thornback and his men had their blades out and aimed at Veilcross.
"Drop them, Veilcross," Thornback said.
"Stay out of this, Thornback."
"Too late."
"Why did Veilcross draw on the girl?"
"Because Veilcross is an idiot."
"And why did Thornback draw on Veilcross?"
"Because Thornback hates idiots."
"Checks out."
"So just to be clear, nobody in this room is fighting over territory, resources, or a treaty."
"Correct."
"They’re fighting because a little girl hurt a man’s feelings."
"Also correct."
DOMINO 42: THE OLD BOYS CLUB DREW STEEL
DOMINO 43: THE SUMMIT IS OFFICIALLY FUCKED
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