"NASH! Look at us! We are right here! We are leaving!" Auro howls internally with pure agony.
But he remains still as stone.
The High Priestess steps forward, offering a formal opening, but Isolde hears none of it. Her world is narrowed down to the man ten feet away who won't even acknowledge her existence.
Then, Heidi steps to the podium.
The silence that falls over the pack is absolute. Heidi doesn't use a microphone as her voice is amplified by her Alpha spirit, rings out across the valley like a bell.
"For too long," Heidi begins, her gaze sweeping across the thousands of faces, "the Duskwind pack has been a house built on secrets and blood. Previous administrations drowned us in corruption, using power as a whip to lash the weak and a shield to protect the cruel. We were told that only gold and lineage determined a wolf's worth."
