Merrick's POV We had left the pack muster in a far more solemn mood than we had arrived in, as we sat in the car, mother didn't say a word, I had wished to continue the conversation we were having about Henry and how he was supposed to return home and take responsibility for the roles he was supposed to be playing here within the Nash family. I knew better than to push mother more than she was prepared to accommodate, she didn't act too fairly whenever she got upset. "Take us back to the estate", I instructed, as the driver started the engine and pulled away from the area close to the trees onto the concrete of the open road. I threw a sideways look at mother, hoping she'd initiate the conversation which we had left pretty much unfinished at the pack muster, she kept her gaze fixed in fr

