The priest's piercing gaze landed on Katreena, his aged yet commanding presence filling the hall. "Katreena," his voice thundered, reverberating across the walls, "how dare you disrupt this sacred ceremony? You are a member of this pack and should know better than to make such an entrance. The sanctity of this ritual must not be disturbed, yet you barged in without consideration! Do you have any idea what you have done?"
A heavy silence fell upon the hall, the weight of the priest's displeasure suffocating. Even Crassus, as the Alpha, held deep respect for the priest and did not dare to interrupt him when he was in such a state. Katreena, however, remained composed, her head slightly bowed as if in remorse, but beneath the surface, her mind was a whirlpool of cold calculations.
