Kade didn't learn at the exact moment Luara's decision became public, because decisions of that kind rarely arrive through official channels when they involve the Council, but rather through the pack's crooked corridors, where information leaks in calculated whispers, loaded with fear, admiration, or interest, so that the first sign didn't come as warning, but as an uncomfortable noise that began repeating in different voices, in gazes diverted too quickly and in excessive care when ...