KLAUS: "Klaus, what the f**k are you doing?" Fenrir calls after me as I walk out of the Palace, past the porch where my mother is seated with one of her nosy friends. She stands to her feet, following Fenrir who has bounded down the steps and when she stops before me, I can feel her anger coming out in waves. "Where the hell are you going to?" "Hunting." I reply, my voice cold. "I overheard you both arguing. Is she the reason you want to hunt all of a sudden, when it's not even a full moon?! Have you gone mad?" Then she turns to Fenrir, her face contorted in an angry frown. "Aren't you going to speak with your friend, huh? Speak some sense into him and tell him that he is making the greatest mistake of his life?" I decide that I am done hearing her spew those hurtful words out so

