MATHIS'S POINT OF VIEW Geir, walks into my cell, barely looking at me as he talks. "Astrid and Chief have decided it's a good idea that you are present when we're all talking, but you need to remain shackled," He tells me, no trace of emotion on his face or in his voice. "So, play nice." I can't help what comes out my mouth, "You mean how we played nicely as kids?" Geir freezes, almost seeming to be lost for a moment in the past. When we were kids, before either of us got an animal, we used to play and train together nearly all the time, just the three of us. I wonder how he felt being made Astrid's guard, when I got my Lychan, he convinced me I should try being head guard because it's a better position. So, when I got into training for that position, Geir had replaced me as Astrid

