"Before the... murder controversy, he did get to me fast enough to save my life. He already considers me one of his pack. That's why he wanted retribution. If I was more... cogent, I would have told him I didn't want that, like I told Will. But I didn't know until after. I think they sent Iris to stop him."

He moves to the little seating area and sits, fidgeting at his abandoned tea cup.

"I would have stopped Kikimora, too. I'm going to teach her other ways to manage her anger. I already started to before she became my inmate."