ALPHA XAVIER POV

The dungeon exuded an atmosphere of dampness, its corridors dimly lit and echoing with the distant sounds of dripping water. As I stood at the entrance, I instructed the other guards in the common room to maintain silence. To my surprise, Dyelin, the mistress of spies, approached me the moment I stepped out of the Castle of Serenity.

"Have you been waiting here for me?" I asked, taken aback by her presence in the common room.

"I'm not the mistress of spies for nothing, Alpha Xavier. I know the comings and goings of every Wolfshadan that matters," she replied confidently. Though her words reassured me, my mind...