In October, Kael came to her with something he had been carrying for a while.
She could tell from how he came to the Bond Welfare office, which was different from his usual library appearances. He came in the early morning, before the administrative day had fully assembled itself, and he sat in the client chair rather than the softer one, which meant he was there in his formal capacity as subcommittee chair rather than as the person she had been in honest conversation with for over a year.
She adjusted accordingly.
"The subcommittee is expanding its mandate," he said. "Alaric and the council have approved an extension of the independent oversight function to include a broader review of pack governance structures that create systemic conditions for bond neglect. Not individual cases. Str
