The betrayal on the eastern flank spread like wildfire through the royal lines.
Lady Sera's captains who had secretly accepted Magnus's offers turned on their former allies with shocking speed and brutality. They drove deep into the triumvirate's rear, creating instant chaos among the reserves and shattering the cohesion that had held the defense together. Howls of confusion and raw rage rose above the din as wolf fought wolf in the churned mud and blood of the river plains.
Kael fought like a force of nature at the center, his massive black wolf form drenched in enemy blood. He roared commands that cut through the chaos even as he tore through northern elites with savage sweeps of claw and fang. *Hold the line! Do not break formation! Push them back into the water!*
