ld bit
elonged there. Snow crunched under her feet as she walked the Frostveil perimeter at dawn, breath ste
id no
er saved anyone
kled. Wolves shifted forms without ceremony. T
la
from the tree line, cloak dus
king since befor
eel the border
nd
Elara said. "Th
. Obedience breaks
d them, branches creaking softly, snow sliding from needles. Elara
"You're still b
kno
the
m ch
her. "Cha
d. "Otherwise you don'
wide below them, stone buildings nestled like they had grown fro
d," Elara said. "
curved slightl
sorbed
fear. Not
ed somew
at followed
stveil did not coddle. It watched. It waited.
not yet understand. Some nights, she woke gasping, hard pres
rew re
evening as they watched Mira sit cross
murmured nearby, not unki
not corr
safer than dan
the pain c
rld tilting. She tried to stand and
hispered. "You'
faintly. "Go
ira d
d sharp. Elara gripped the
doorway moments later,
ed. "I think.
ast then, calling for help, steady hands g
he said calmly
sure she be
and grounding all at once. Elara screamed once, then
her arms, small and warm
dly. No
rel
almost at once. S
ing," someon
orehead to her daug
intly, then retrea
with a gasp, hand
healed
e change demanded patience. Rowan checked on
d one morning as Elara sat with Mira w
dange
owan admitted.
nd Elara's thumb. The contact sent a ge
r be used," Ela
gaze. "Then te
s stayed
ow deepened. Fro
d to listen to the land, to let power move through her without forcing i
fast," Row
s has," El
practiced partial shif
r," sh
es
oming c
a fr
but directional. Not i
w tightene
es
ant me to
the question. Tru
aid at last
asleep against her shoulder. The wind cut sharp
osed h
ed," she whisper
sed once, as
ull he could no longer ignore, unawar
against the cold, felt so
o longer
as be

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