nobody knows how the story ends

He had a lot on his mind, that much was obvious. His thoughts tended to linger on his future goals, and not so much on Abaven anymore. He didn't blame Rhyme for it, but Shaye. Had she not interfered in his business with his nephew...he probably wouldn't have considered leaving. Or at least not so soon, anyway. He didn't have the heart to tell Rhyme that he planned on leaving sooner rather than later, but even he wasn't completely sure when that would be anyway. Like he had said. It could be today or tomorrow, if not later. He had an idea of what lands he wanted already, though what he wished to do once he had his pack was more or less still up in the air.

He just hoped he did a good enough job leading. ”It certainly won't be the same around here without the three of you.” He carefully looked over the slate alpha. Maybe things wouldn't be, maybe they would. He knew at some point they'd forget about them, probably sooner rather than later. He felt Shaye was already on that path, but it didn't matter. He internally growled at himself for thinking about her and what she thought about it. Did she regret her actions? Did she still stand by them? Did she still think he was in the wrong? Maybe Rhyme knew. They were close after all. Close enough that they even had kids together. He still didn't know what to make of that..."Perhaps not. But I'm sure things will go back to normal once we're gone." They always do...

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