The first thing Silver noticed was the headache. It was a dull, persistent pressure behind her eyes, like something pressing from the inside out. She lay still in her bed, staring at the ceiling beams, counting her breaths the way Arthur had taught her. In through the nose, out through the mouth. Slow enough that the wolf didn’t panic but the pressure didn’t ease.The second thing she noticed was the quiet, not peace, it´s never peace.This quiet was stretched too thin, like skin pulled over bone. The woman’s presence lingered at the edges of her thoughts, not speaking, not whispering, just watching. Silver could feel her attention the way she felt eyes on her back, waiting.Silver swung her legs over the side of the bed and stood. The floor felt colder than usual beneath her feet.“I’m awake,” she murmured, unsure who she was speaking to.The woman did not answer.Silver dressed slowly, deliberately, grou
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