RaeJulien Bennett’s hand remained extended in front of me, steady and patient, as if the weight of the entire courtyard staring at him didn’t exist.For a moment, I didn’t move—not because I needed help getting up, but because of what that gesture meant. Wolves like Julien didn’t involve themselves in situations like this, not publicly, not where it could be seen and judged and remembered. He wasn’t just another student. He was the future Beta of Ravenwood, one of the four wolves everyone watched, followed, admired.And right now, every eye in the courtyard was on him… and on me.I could feel it—the shift in the air, the ripple of attention, the quiet calculation spreading through the crowd. This wasn’t kindness, not to them. To them, this was something else entirely.A mistake.And I wasn’t about to make it worse.I pushed myself fully to my feet without taking his hand, brushing the dust from my palms as I straightened. The sting from the fall lingered just enough to keep me ground
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