KAIDENI woke up to sunlight already slipping through the narrow window, cutting golden lines across the stone walls. Dust motes floated lazily in the light, drifting through the air. The scent of smoke and cold ash lingered faintly from the hearth, and for a long moment, I just sat there, staring at the ceiling, feeling the restlessness coil in my chest.My room was quiet, and cold, maybe, empty too. My rough oak bed stood against one wall, its furs tangled from my tossing. A wooden chest sat near the foot of the bed, filled with spare tunics and a few blades I didn’t trust to keep elsewhere. On the small table near the window, laid the remnants of a loaf of bread, I gave myself a mental note to toss it out later.Outside, the pack had already come alive, buzzing with the morning activities. I could hear the clatter of carts rolling down the dirt road, the ring of a blacksmith’s hammer, mothers shouting at their pups, and the occasional bark of a hound.A bird was chirping on a near
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