VERA'S POV
(DAY THREE OF IMPLEMENTATION)
I watched through surveillance feeds as the sanctuary transformed into a training war zone. Three days. Just three days since the Council vote, and already the marked wolves were exploiting every loophole Elder Thane had embedded in that damned implementation window.
"Twenty-three marked wolves have advanced from stage two to early stage three in seventy-two hours," Marcus reported, his tone carrying the same frustration I felt watching our victory disintegrate before my eyes. "Alpha Lyra has restructured all training protocols toward accelerated consciousness evolution, pushing every capable student toward the stage three threshold before intervention protocols take effect."
