CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR – UNHEALTHY SUSPICION

Almost without conscious thought, Anna found herself drawn to the section on werewolf history. Her fingers trailed along the spines of ancient tomes, many written in languages she couldn't read. She pulled out a promising-looking volume, its cover worn with age. As she flipped through the pages, a chapter caught her eye: "The Great Uprising of 1642." Intrigued, Anna began to read, her eyes widening as she absorbed the information. The book detailed a rebellion led by a group of turned werewolves and sympathetic humans against the ruling werewolf elite. Their goal had been similar to what the Rogue Werewolf Alliance was proposing – a more equitable society where humans and werewolves could coexist openly. But as Anna read on, her heart sank. The uprising had been brutally crushed, its leaders executed, and the divide between humans and werewolves had only grown deeper as a result. The final paragraph was particularly chilling: "The failure of the 1642 Uprising served as a stark remi