POV: Callum Brennan
Location: Prison Cell
Time: Month 18, Four Months Before Release
I dream about the pack run. The one we did every full moon when Father was alive. Three hundred wolves running through Richmond Park together. The feeling of pack bond, of belonging, of being part of something larger than yourself.
In the dream, I'm running beside Cormac. We're seven years old again. Racing through the trees, trying to catch Father who's always faster. Laughing when we trip over roots. Celebrating when we finally tag him.
Father turns to us. "You two will lead this pack together someday. Remember that. Brothers first. Pack second. Everything else third."
We promise. Solemn little voices making vows we believe will last forever.
Then the dream shifts. I'm still in the pack run but I'
