POV: Caius

“Bring me the full text of the Household Continuity Statute immediately,” I say sharply into the phone the moment I read the new filing. My legal team scrambles on the other end while I stand in my office, the council-stamped document burning in my hands like a declaration of war. Dorian has invoked an obscure provision in regional pack law—the Household Continuity Statute—which allows a blood-parent to file for a ward’s return if they can demonstrate the ward is being held under duress. His lawyers argue that Ayla is being kept against her will by three Alpha heirs whose intentions have not been formally declared. The filing lands...