Chapter 132. The New Beginning

Xerina’s POV

The hall was cold. Silent.

The stone walls loomed around me, shadows dancing in the flickering torchlight. The once-grand meeting hall, where the elders and alphas had once gathered to make their pathetic decisions, was now empty. Barren. Only Zane and I remained.

The air was thick with power—my power. I could feel it pulsing through the stone, vibrating under my feet. It hummed in the silence, waiting for my command.

I stood at the head of the room, my gaze fixed on the empty throne in front of me. The seat of power. Once, I would have considered it. Once, I might have cared about ruling over these creatures, about taking my place among the wolves.

Not anymore.

That world, the one I had tried to live in, the one I had tried to understand—it was gone. I had burned it to the ground.

And now, I would build something new.

I glanced down at Zane, who knelt at my feet, his head bowed in submission. The once-proud alpha,