Kyra Two more years disappear before I realize how much has changed. Not in one dramatic moment. They disappear in ordinary days. Council meetings. Pack dinners. Training sessions. Trips to Wolvesbane. Late nights waiting for Cassius to finish whatever Alpha problem has found him. Mornings when Sinister complains that I stole too much of the blanket even though Cassius is the one who kicks it off. Redwood becomes home so gradually that one day I look around and realize I no longer compare it to anywhere else. It is simply ours. Cassius settles into being Alpha in a way I am not sure either of us expected. He still complains. Constantly. He still insists half the council exists solely to irritate him. He still gets into arguments with Elias and occasionally threatens to replace him as Beta, which no one takes seriously because Elias usually responds by asking Cassius who else would be willing to tolerate him. But he is good at it. Not perfect. Cassius still makes mistakes. He st
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