For the first six months after Lucian was born, Adrian submitted one visitation request every month.
I denied every one.
He never forced his way into the territory and never sent anyone to watch the child. Every request arrived 14 days in advance, exactly as required by the Silvercrest Visitor Policy. Whenever I denied one, he sent back the same brief reply.
Adrian: Understood.
Mara later told me that he had reopened every rank-discrimination complaint filed within the Blackwood Pack over the past 10 years and established an Independent Review Board. Even the Alpha could no longer punish anyone based solely on his own judgment without first reviewing the evidence.
He personally apologized to every employee who had left because of his misjudgments, paid them compensation, and invited M
