The first thing I noticed was the bread.Not because there was more of it.Because nobody was arguing over it.The morning line outside the kitchens still reached into the corridor, but it moved. Wolves collected their allocations, stepped aside and made room for the next family instead of waiting to hear there might not be enough.A woman I recognised from the infirmary passed me carrying two wrapped loaves and a small sack against her hip.Her son followed with another sack clutched in both arms. It was clearly too heavy for him, but he looked so pleased with himself that his mother let him keep carrying it.Hesper appeared in the kitchen doorway.“They counted the families today.”“The ones eating at the infirmary?”“All of them.”I watched the boy shuffle after his mother.Yesterday, those families had not existed on the request unless someone was injured.Today they had breakfast.Ilvane stirred beneath my skin, warm and quiet.Vivian found me still standing there.“You’re starin
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