Chapter 511 - CHAPTER 511 — The Voice Beneath the Forest

The crimson light beneath Blackpine Forest did not merely illuminate the clearing; it seemed to breathe through the soil, travelling beneath the roots in slow, deliberate pulses until the ancient trees trembled as though they had suddenly remembered a terror buried in their foundations. Alessandro De Luca stood perfectly still, his shoulders squared and his golden eyes fixed upon the fissure spreading between himself and Alexander, while the warriors surrounding them discovered with growing horror that their bodies no longer answered their commands. Even the smallest movement had become impossible, for an unseen pressure held every wolf in place, leaving only their eyes free to wander across the dreadful pattern unfolding beneath their feet.