Ravyn left the city as soon as he ended his last call with his father. Arriving at the pack, he was ashamed to find things moving as before, the pack members going about their duties, the routines still in place.
Clearly, his parents and two friends had been doing a good job in his absence. But now, he felt the need to step back into his Alpha shoes, to reclaim the position he had abandoned.
If nothing at all, he would do it for his daughter. That thought was the only thing that anchored him, the only light in the darkness of his guilt.
It was dinner time when he arrived, and only then did he realize how famished he was. Due to all the terrible dreams of his past, food had tasted like bitter pills for weeks, each meal a chore rather than a pleasure.
But right now, he felt the zeal to take care of himself and rebuild his pack. For Espe. For the future.
"Ravyn, what do you intend to do with Noelle and Chuck?" His father suddenly asked, the question cutting through the silence.
