Nerissa POVThe fortress was loud this morning but not loud the way Red Claw Pack was loud, voices overlapping, laughter, the smell of food coming from the pack house kitchen while I scrubbed floors on my knees outside it.This was different. Heavy boots against stone floors,barking of commands from below. The clang of metal that never fully stopped, training, weapons.I sat on the edge of the bed and listened.My shoulder ached badly but the pain from last night had dulled into something I could breathe through. I moved my arm slowly, testing it. The bandaging held tight. The door opened without a knock.A girl entered carrying a tray,young. Maybe my age. Had dark skin, close cropped hair, a small scar cutting through her left eyebrow. She moved quickly, setting the tray on the table beside the bed without looking directly at me."You're awake early," she said."I don't sleep well in strange places," I said.She glanced at me. "Most people don't sleep at all their first night insi
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