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She looked at the stove, where the stew still bubbled away, then burst out laughing. “You know what? I think I agree with you.”

After, Bryn added some paprika to the stew, and we sat down for dinner.

“Tell me how your day went,” I said.

“Pretty good. We got the garden prepped for the winter frost, and I asked everyone how safe they felt here.”

“What did they say?”

“Most of them felt safe, but some of the kids have been getting into fights at school.”

I frowned. “I haven’t heard about that.”

“Neither have I. Two women almost got into a fight about it, but Tavi stepped in and calmed everyone down.”

“Thank the Fates for that.” After assuring the Kings Council that things were going well, I could imagine their reaction if they heard that parents had started fighting each other because of their pups. And the fact that it was Tavi who stepped in was great to hear. “Tavi’s come a long way.”

Bryn smiled a little. “She really has. If you’d seen her, you would’ve been very proud. She helped me