Both POVs
Lenora
Three years after the blood-moon ceremony, I sat at the bridge and let myself do the accounting.
One hundred and ninety-three wolves formally reinstated. Three territorial governance inquiries, two of which had produced findings substantial enough to result in further reform. Twenty-nine children had spoken in council sessions under Mira's amendment. The medical licensing board had cleared and verified four hundred and twelve practitioners across six territories. The exile abolition was law.
Harlan had returned from the eastern territories for the council's anniversary session. He was tanner, more settled in himself, carrying the particular ease of someone who has found what they're good at and has been doing it for a sustained period. He brought twelve new case files
