Sera POV The fracture did not widen loudly. It did not split the pack in two or announce itself with open rebellion. Instead, it settled into the spaces between us, subtle and persistent, like a fault line that shifted just enough to be felt beneath every step. Ravenwood continued to function, continued to breathe, continued to move through its days, but something fundamental had changed in how we carried one another.I felt it most sharply in the way responsibility now moved. It no longer flowed upward, but outward. Decisions spread laterally, touching more wolves than before, asking more of them than they had ever been required to give. For some, this was liberating. For others, it was quietly terrifying.The morning patrol returned later than expected, not because of danger, but because of disagreement. Three wolves stood apart from the rest, their posture tight, their expressions guarded. The rest of the patrol moved past them with deliberate neutrality, not hostile, but strained
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