Dawn did not bring peace.It revealed damage.Ash drifted through the air like gray snow, settling over charred beams and trampled earth. The fires had been contained before sunrise, but smoke still curled from the outer dwellings, thin and stubborn, refusing to disappear.Lira stood at the center of the clearing, watching the pack rebuild what had nearly been taken from them.No one blamed her.That almost made it worse.Some glanced at her with curiosity. Others with something close to reverence. A few avoided her eyes entirely, as though unsure what she was now.She wasn’t sure either.The memory replayed in fragments her fear, the heat of the flames, the attacker’s blade, and then the invisible force that had thrown him back without her ever touching him.She had not shifted.She had not fought.She had simply willed it.And the world had listened.“You haven’t slept.”Kael’s voice came from behind her, low and steady.She didn’t turn immediately. “Neither have you.”He moved besi
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