I didn't sleep that night.
I wasn't forced to remain in my room by Lucian, but I didn't leave it right away. I watched the dark horizon out there, outside his territory, for a long time.
The atmosphere was something different here. In some ways heavier, in others more safe than anything I knew in Shadowfang Pack for the past few days.
I heard the door open quietly behind me.
Lucian walked in.
“Come,” he said, “you should come.”
I turned to him.
“Where?” I asked.
He didn't respond in a straightforward manner.
Rather, he said, “Your first lesson.”
I had to tense my chest a little bit.
I don't want to be trained, I said.
Lucian's eyes never wavered.
“Yes, I agreed to the alliance,” he replied. “This is a part of it.”
I didn't immediately answer back.
I wanted to say no part of
