Nerissa POV
I noticed the first change at breakfast.
Two wolves outside the upper room door when I woke. Both in full gear with their eyes forward and their posture carrying alertness.
I looked at them when I stepped into the corridor.
They looked back without moving.
"Good morning," I said.
"Good morning," one said. His name was Bram. I knew him from the training ground observation corridor. Broad through the chest,a jaw that looked like it had been carved rather than grown. He had a quiet way about him that made you forget his size until you stood next to him and remembered suddenly.
The second wolf I didn't know. He was standing with the fresh precision of someone recently elevated to a post they were taking seriously.
"I'm going to breakfast," I said.
"We'll walk with you." Br
