Chapter 103:The frost came early that year, settling over the village in a thin white layer that crunched beneath our boots each morning. The fields were bare, the grain stored, the smoke rising thick and steady from the chimneys. The wolves moved slower now, their breath misting in the cold air, their bodies settling into the rhythm of winter. The days were shorter, the nights longer, and the village had folded inward, seeking the warmth of the fires and the comfort of shared spaces.I woke each morning before the sun, the crown warm against my brow, the cold pressing against my skin as I pulled on my boots. I walked the village slowly, my hands tucked into my coat, my eyes scanning the treeline. The silence was heavy, but not heavy in a bad way. It was the silence of rest, of wolves who had finally stopped looking over their shoulders, of a place that had begun to trust its own walls.I found Kael at the training yard, his blade in his hands, his breath misting as he moved through
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