Chapter Twenty-Two
The Ravenswood Way
The first thing Aveline learned about the Ravenswood Pack...
Was that everyone knew everyone.
Not by title.
By name.
As she left the private library carrying an armful of books Theodore insisted she borrow, nearly every person she passed greeted someone else.
"Morning, Finn."
"Good luck with your exam, Lydia."
"Tell your mother I loved the pie."
"How's your shoulder, Mason?"
No one seemed too important to speak.
Not even Theodore.
Especially not Theodore.
She watched him stop twice before they reached the main staircase.
Once to congratulate a young apprentice blacksmith on finishing his first ceremonial dagger.
Again to ask one of the stable hands whether his daughter was feeling better after catching the spring flu.
He remembered.
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