KNOX
The regional announcement of the Harper-Wren Asylum Framework happened on a Friday afternoon at the Cascade facility, and it was attended by seven pack representatives, four council members, two journalists from the regional pack newsletter, and Grayson, who had written most of the materials and was quietly managing the room from his position along the left wall.
Riley stood at the podium in clean clothes — not formal clothes, not a compromise outfit, but the actual clothes she wore when she wanted to be herself in professional settings: dark jeans, collared shirt, no performance. She had the statement she'd written herself and hadn't let anyone edit, which I'd read once and not commented on because it was hers and didn't need my input.
She spoke for twelve minutes.
She talked abo
