Malik’s POV I stood at the edge of the council hall long after the elders had dispersed, the torches burning low, shadows of people crawling the walls like they were on their own alive. I could still hear their voices in my head, people who had argued over hunting grounds and bloodline for decades now spoke with unsettling unity, that should have comforted me, instead it scared me. I ran a hand through my hair and exhaled slowly, forcing myself to stay still, more wolves passed outside, their footsteps echoing faintly through the corridor, they didn’t look at me the way they used toI thought of Eve, the way she had gone quietly lately, not withdrawn per say, but guarded, like someone who had learned the cost of honesty and decided to ration it, the thing is, she wasn’t even failing to hide it or failing in what it was she doing, I just knew her too well. She wasn’t pulling away from me when I think of it, she was pulling inward, protecting something…or someone, that thought made me
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