Chapter 123

Elodie’s POV

I began with quiet questions so quiet they barely counted as questions at all.

A simple greeting here, a casual observation there, all harmless on the surface. That was the trick to gathering information in a pack like ours. People feared boldness; they underestimated softness.

I leaned into that. I became a presence that walked through the Citadel unnoticed, a girl with warm smiles