Chapter Seventy

Alessia’s POV

Deep within the depths of the Coven and far from the light and fresh air above ground is where I wait for the high Council to convene. The fires have finally been extinguished and the door to the street expertly fixed with magic from Celeste’s brazen escape. The protection and concealment spells have been recast over the entire Coven so we are once again safe in sanctuary. Once they have all arrived we stand in a large circle facing one another, everyone here with the same determination and twisted sense of purpose. The silence in the underground shrine is absolute. The smell of earth fills my nostrils, the air is damp and moist.

I cast my eyes around the circle and address the High Council. ‘My sisters and brothers the time has come for us to rise up and claim what is rightfully ours. For far too long the werewolf packs have ruled and claimed large territories for themselves, expecting all who dares enter them be answerable to them and live under their l