Alpha’s Claimed Mate.
Ember offered a small smile and handed off the stack of guides to the teen standing nearest her.
“Make sure everyone knows how to vote,” she said. “Not just that they can, but that they should.”
As she walked out into the cold dusk, the wind picked up slightly, rustling the edges of the flyers now being passed around the café.
She took out her phone, thumb hovering over a message thread with Lira, Vivianne, and a few others.
Group Name: The Heart of It
She typed:
> We need more voices. Quiet, steady ones. Start talking to people in your neighborhoods. I’ll meet you tonight. No speeches—just fireside conversations.