ADIRA’S POVThe council hall had never felt this heavy. Every elder seat was filled. Two packs sat opposite each other. My father’s pack on the right, and my pack on the left. Voices murmured low, confused, and uneasy. No one understood why I had called for an emergency joint meeting at dawn, and I did not offer an explanation.Ryder stood beside me, tense. He kept glancing my way, looking for answers I was not yet ready to give. He had insisted on knowing why I wanted to call a meeting, but all I could tell him at the time was that he would find out at the meeting and that it was important to have the meeting for Lumina’s sake. Scarlett’s father entered, shoulders squared, pretending confidence. Atlas came in next, eyes darting nervously around the hall. And then Grandpa Alan walked in with his cane, calm, composed, the picture of respected authority.But even though he was calm, I could see the questions swirling in his eyes. I was certain that a part of him wondered if this was ab
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