Night was already well underway when I returned home, the duties of a pack leader never really ended. I had been keeping watch over one of our oldest wolves who was about to pass to the other side. Until his last breath, I had held his hand, in silence. He had gone peacefully, surrounded by his family and his leader. After the battle that freed me from my demons, I decided to accept my grandfather's offer and succeed him. I had trained with him for several years before he deemed me ready to take on his responsibilities. In seven years, I had not regretted my commitment for a second. I had spent so many years destroying, I now wanted to protect.
Once the transition was over, my grandparents took the opportunity to take a long holiday in an allied pack in California, far from the snowy fore
