Stefan's PovMorning was the same kind of loud that feels like an accusation. I woke up with the bond already tugging on me. Before I even picked up my phone screen to check messages, I knew Adrian’s mood: he was stressed, tired and irritated.I rose and moved through the packhouse, the healers were elbow-deep in supplies, murmuring under their breaths. I found a stack of gauze and tried to make my hands useful, letting the motion quiet my head but it didn’t work."Hey, Stef," Mags called without looking up. "Can you grab me peroxide and the small scissors?""On it." I grabbed the tray and tried to swallow the scrape of loneliness that arrived with the order. Around us people leaned toward each other in little huddles. Someone said the missing guard’s name and then pretended that was normal. Someone else mentioned the camera near the eastern border — the exact one that got ripped down — and their eyes darted like they’d swallowed lies.No one said the word attack, they didn't need to,
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