Morning arrived with nobody having gotten much sleep after the previous night's chaos, and William emerged from his tent to find the camp atmosphere tense and uncertain.
Sara was making breakfast with unusual quietness while Marcus stood near the perimeter looking like he'd been awake all night on watch. Lyanna sat with her notes spread around her, apparently having spent the remaining hours researching whatever she thought might explain Seraphina's behavior.
Seraphina herself was already awake and sitting far from everyone else near the stream with her sword across her lap, and even from a distance William could see the exhaustion and shame in her posture.
Claire emerged from William's tent shortly after him and immediately moved to help Sara with breakfast, apparently deciding that keeping busy was better than dwelling on last night's events.
