Did you not read the company policy?

Absinth continued on, explaining that the boy was the son of an Alpha, and already Nimue was trying to piece together the information. Some lady befriended the boy, he ended up being the son of an alpha, and his dad’s pack was very loyal to their kin. Oh. Nimue was starting to pick up on the undercurrent of Absinth’s words. Did they use the boy as ransom?

That’s what it seemed like to Nimue, especially when Absinth explained that their band went knocking on the pack’s door, with the alpha’s son in tow. Nimue cocked her head slightly, a look of wonder and apprehension morphing her features; suddenly, she felt on edge around the woman, knowing her pack had performed such a feat. “Their son?” She said, chiming in. Given the information Absinth provided, the kid’s dad must have picked him over ruling a pack, right? Her parents would have done that, if they hadn’t been killed. Oh. Now she was thinking about that again.  

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