(Kael)
I look around at the remaining wolves. All of them watching me. Waiting.
Rowan and Cassian shift to human. Stand beside me.
"Gather everyone," I say. "All three packs. I need to address them."
They nod. Start moving among the warriors. Calling them together.
The wolves shift to human form. One by one. Moonridge. Clearwater. Silvermist. All gathering in front of me.
I climb onto a fallen tree. A position where everyone can see me. Hear me.
My wounds throb. My ribs scream. But I ignore the pain. This needs to be done.
"Warriors of Moonridge," I say. My voice carrying across the battlefield. "Warriors of Clearwater and Silvermist. Today we ended a war that should never have started."
They listen. All of them. Exhausted. Wounded. But standing.
"Magnus started this war out of g
