Johanis' POV Someone was breathing on me.I didn’t mean like... peacefully. Not the warm, loving kind of breath that says ‘Good morning, dear sibling of mine, I bring you cinnamon buns and emotional support.'No.This was chaotic breath. Morning breath. Too-close-to-my-face breath.Then came the whisper.“Rise, Alpha of the Blankets.”I groaned. Why on Goddess’ name!? It's still so early!“Johaaa,” came a second voice—higher pitched, overly chipper, too full of menace for this hour.I cracked one eye open and was immediately greeted by Lily’s upside-down face. She was hanging off the top bunk like a deranged bat, hair a mess, glitter still stuck to her cheek from yesterday’s “pre-battle morale dance.”Behind her stood Brinn and Sari—both leaning dramatically into my doorway, arms folded like they were bouncers at a club exclusively for sleep-deprived teens. Aya, surprisingly, was the only one not performing interpretive chaos. She stood near the window, arms crossed, expression flat,
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