Last night, I had sat down with Colt, dreading having a difficult conversation about who would be in charge going forward. So far we had been a team, but now I would need to lead, and he would need to follow. Once again, Colt proved to be an amazing man and my perfect mate by understanding me perfectly and giving me something a didn't even know I needed; a partner. I knew I had been slowly feeling the growing weight of responsibility as we approached the Northern pack, but I didn't know how much until Colt had taken a lot of it away. He held me as I cried out all the stress I carried alone over the years, and it was a cathartic release that I never knew I needed. I knew that he would be by my side every step of the way, and he would support me and meet the people who had meant so much

