The night had a smell, sharp, metallic, and laced with magic. I didn’t notice it at first. I was too busy studying the wards in Raelthorn’s outer perimeter, tracing the threads of energy with my fingers, feeling the Null Blood hum faintly against my pulse.“Something’s off,” Thane said, stepping up behind me. His presence pressed against my back, warm and grounding, but tense.“What do you mean?” I asked, not looking up.“The wards,” he said, eyes scanning the courtyard. “They’re… rearranged. Subtle shifts. Not attacks, not yet, but someone is probing us.”My stomach dropped. “An infiltration?”“Yes,” he said quietly. “And if they succeed, they’ll have access to every secret in Raelthorn. Every student, every pack, every resource. And they’ll know about you.”I swallowed hard. The hollow pulsed, warning me, urging me to prepare. I had thought I was ready for attacks, for waves of enemies. But infiltration was… intimate. Personal. They wouldn’t just confront me, they’d get inside my ho
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