The Silence After*****The pack did not return to normal.Not after what they saw.It showed in the small things first. Conversations would slow when I got close, then stop completely. Even the servants, who used to speak freely around me, now chose their words like they were afraid of saying the wrong thing.No one said anything directly.But the way they looked at me had changed, like they did not know where to place me anymore.I stepped out that morning like every other day. There was work to do, and no one had told me otherwise.So I continued.The same routine. The same tasks.Only the atmosphere had shifted.Some avoided my eyes completely, like looking at me too long might bring trouble. Others stared in a way that felt different—not mocking, not dismissive, but uncertain.That was new.I moved through it without reacting, focusing on what was in front of me. If they wanted to watch, let them watch. I had nothing to prove to them.Still… I felt it.That distance.That carefu
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