“There are forty-four.”For one second, nobody moved. Then Darius did.“Close the inner doors.”His voice was quiet, but it carried. Two guards moved immediately.“Do not lock the families in,” Maren said. “Hold the corridors. Nobody leaves alone.”Forty-four.I looked through the open doorway at the protected hall. Parents. Children. Older wolves. Two injured guards. A woman holding a sleeping pup against her shoulder.Forty-three of them belonged there.One did not.My mind reached instinctively for the pack link, and fear met me first. Questions. Confusion. A child crying because everyone had stopped moving. A man worried about his mate on the western line. Someone hungry. Someone furious. Someone trying very hard not to panic.I pulled back before the noise swallowed me.Ilvane steadied beneath my skin, urging me to try again.I breathed, then reached more carefully.I had made this mistake once already. Loud fear did not mean greatest danger. Quiet did not mean guilt. Emotion did
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