The pack noticed.They always did.News traveled without needing a voice — through glances that lingered, conversations that paused when someone entered, the subtle recalibration of expectation.Liniluna Vale had not refused the meeting.That alone unsettled people.“She agreed to see him,” one elder muttered.“Not agreed,” another corrected. “She is considering him.”“That is more dangerous.”The council chamber carried a low hum that morning, irritation threaded through restraint.“A Thorne should know better than to involve himself in political friction,” an elder said.Across the room, Kael Thorne remained unmoved.“My son is not impulsive,” he replied calmly.“Which is precisely why this is notable,” the clan leader said.Kael did not disagree.“She challenges structure,”
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