# Chapter 92: The Breaking of Chains
*POV: Nanisa*
"Kill the True Alpha," Lord Malachar commanded. His voice echoed through the shadow realm like grinding stone. "End her network before it spreads further."
I stood in the center of the Shadow Council chamber. Thirteen dark figures surrounded me. Their eyes burned like dying stars. They'd given me orders for decades. I'd always obeyed.
Not this time.
"No," I said.
Silence fell over the chamber. Even the shadows stopped moving. Nobody ever said no to the Shadow Council.
"What did you say?" Lady Vorthak stepped forward. Her form shifted like smoke. Like nightmares given shape.
"I said no. I won't kill Renee Gremond."
The temperature dropped fifty degrees. Frost formed on the obsidian walls. The Council members looked at each other with burning eyes.
"You forget your place servant," Lord Malachar snarled. "You exist to serve our will."
