ALPHA REJECTION
She also showed us a trunk of her grandmother’s old clothes, carefully stored away.
“Take what you need,” she’d said, though her expression was reluctant, like each garment held a piece of her grandmother she wasn’t quite ready to part with.
Now, as we gather in the main hall, Eleanor adjusts the sleeve of a blouse she picked out, a faint scowl on her face. “I never imagined I’d wear a dead person’s clothes,” she mutters. “But here we are."
Raina stiffens across the room, her face tightening. Greta notices and speaks quickly, smoothing the tension with a smile. “Well, it’s better than what we had yesterday. And honestly, they’re surprisingly sturdy."
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