K A E L O RAshmoore was awake before the sun even reached the treetops.I felt it the second I stepped outside.Wolves moved through the inner paths, focused and already working. Patrol runners crossed the clearing near the council hall, passing quick updates in low voices. No one was talking loudly, but the tension in the air was impossible to miss.The Guild had crossed the border. I walked through the center of the clearing. Warriors shifted aside as I passed, but nobody slowed down. Most of them were already armed, hands resting on weapons while their eyes kept drifting toward the forest line. Waiting. Watching.Like they expected something to come out of those trees at any second.The bond beneath my ribs tightened again. Restless. Pulling at me.It dragged my attention back toward the stone halls behind me, to the room where Nyxara was still asleep.For a second, I almost turned around. But duty came first.I pushed the thought away, headed for the council chamber, and pushe
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