Kapitel 27: Chapter 27: Trauma

Neutral Territory

Cas felt a swelling pride similar to his sons’ first shifts. Discovering strength—and watching others discover theirs—was an experience that could surely sustain his immortality.

And he found pleasure in putting Danior Raven in his place.

The sharp-toothed b*stard was being forced to confront his own set of beliefs to look past his pride and blind love for his daughter to realize she was not his to sculpt in his likeness. It was true: his path was not hers. No wolf should be forced to bear the weight of their father’s crown.

Casimir Olwen knew that weight most of all.

All wolves had to forge their own way. It was difficult to live a life spent with the same wolves with the same duties and expectations. Sometimes there were just different lives to live, and that was just as often hard for the majority to understand.