Wolf Princess Sold to the Dragon King novel Chapter 328

Chapter 328: The First King Of Wolves

The dam broke the way dams always break. One crack. Then everything.

Thornback stood. The man who had switched sides twice in two days and would do it again if the wind changed had apparently found a direction he intended to keep.

"Thornback stands with Shadowfell."

Grimscar didn’t stand. He uncovered his face from his hands for the first time in two sessions, which for Grimscar was the equivalent of a standing ovation and a twenty-one-gun salute.

"Grimscar seconds. Obviously."

The small packs went next. One by one. No speeches. No performances. Just names and nods delivered by men who had spent their entire careers being too small to matter and had just been offered portal anchors, wards, and a defense network funded by the man in the chair. The math was simple and they were done pretending it wasn’t.

"Redclaw Reach backs Shadowfell."

Reed leaned back in the upper stands like a proud parent at a recital where his kid just nailed the solo.

Reed: Count?

Damon: Thirty-one. Thirty-two. Thirty-three with Frosthollow.

Reed: That’s majority.

Damon: That was majority at twenty-four. Everything after is just the universe rubbing it in.

Brennan was gripping the armrest of his seat with both hands. His eyes were wide and wet and fixed on watching the only person who had ever believed in him become King of Wolves.

Damon’s hand found his shoulder. One squeeze. Brennan’s jaw trembled once, then set.

Ironmaw was still in his chair. His token was still in the slot. He hadn’t touched it since the incident and was treating it the way a man treats an ex he’s been forced to sit next to at a wedding.

"Ironmaw seconds."

Every Alpha had voted yes outside of one.

All eyes hit Renwick Lunaris, whose stone-mask face had terrified kings, crushed rebellions, and still somehow looked bored about both.

Renwick let the silence soak. He wasn’t thinking. He’d already voted in his head before Redmoon wrapped the motion. He was just enjoying the faces. This was how he relaxed.

"Lunaris backs Shadowfell."

Nicholas rose from his seat.

"Accepted. This council just did something that has never been done in the history of Nyros. Forty-nine Alphas agreed on something. Let that sink in for a moment because it may never happen again."

The room laughed. The tension cracked.

"What we built tonight is bigger than any one pack. Bigger than any one Alpha. Every wolf on this continent just gained the protection of every other wolf on this continent. That is what this table means. I intend to honor it."

He paused, looking down at the map.

"The crown goes where the work goes. Right now the work is keeping every wolf on this continent alive. Investigations begin within the week. The war council convenes in thirty days at Shadowfell. Every Alpha is expected to send a delegate or attend personally."

He sat.

In the stands, Gavyn exhaled through his nose. Door Kid was staring at the white map with the face of a boy who had joined a wolf pack four days ago and was now watching his princess’s mate become King of Wolves and processing that information with the same brain that was still recovering from multiple traumatic events that would require years of therapy.

Four words. The chamber detonated. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

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