Chapter 23
Korrin sat in the tent, for how long he wasn’t sure. His mind, which should have been racing, was instead numb with grief.
I’ve been defeated. Those words kept turning through his head, sluggish and insistent. I could never lead these people. Not like my father used to. Not like they need me to. Probably not ever, and especially not with Kris and our child on the way.
We should just leave. I should grab Kris, her parents, and just leave. Go somewhere quiet, somewhere far from the Kingdom, far from all other Shifters. Kris can live a normal life, our child can live a normal life—as normal as possible, anyway.
And what will I do? Korrin questioned himself. There was no good answer. All I know is the Kingdom. All I know is my people.
But I don’t know how to lead them.
And I’d
