(Daciana POV)The servants’ voices rose from the lower courtyard like one dead throat, and every word felt carved from somebody else’s will.I stood at the broken tower window, wearing servant brown, smelling smoke in my hair, and watching hundreds of black feathers move below.Those were not enemies from another pack, not warriors with swords, and not strangers who had crossed the border to kill me.They were cooks, cleaners, stable boys, washerwomen, maids, old servants, young servants, and frightened wolves whose hands had built Northridge’s daily life.Now they stood with empty eyes, asking for my blood in the name of the maid who had stolen my Alpha.My wolf pressed against my skin, restless and furious, but I forced her down because claws could not save servants trapped by magic.Conri stood beside me with his hand on his sword, and even his calm face had hardened beneath the weight of betrayal.Bardolph stood a little behind us, silent for once, and his guilt moved through the
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