Damien POV
Mr Vance opened the car door, and Leo climbed in, settling Scout on his lap. I slid in beside him while Vance took the front passenger seat.
The car pulled away from the training centre, and for a moment, there was only the sound of the engine and Scout's quiet panting.
Then Leo spoke up, his voice still a little wobbly from earlier. "Papa?"
"Yes?"
"Can we go to the dog park?" He looked up at me with those wide eyes, still red-rimmed from crying. "Scout would like it. And... I want to play with her outside."
I hesitated.
The Raven was still out there. Unresolved. Taking Leo to a public park-even with security felt reckless.
But then Rachel's words from yesterday surfaced in my mind, clear and sharp.
"If you don't want Leo to be like you, then maybe he needs more than ju
