Isobel:When Marcel came to see me, I welcomed him the way I always did.With open arms.“My son, welcome home.” I said softly, rising from my seat.“How are you, mother?” He asked softly, taking my hand in his, kissing my knuckle. I smiled and put my hand on his shoulder, my heart feeling content for the first time in days seeing as he was back and safe.“Now that you are back, I am well.” I said, watching as he took a step back. “Come. Sit with me for a while. You got back from a long few days, I believe. Tell me how your days went.”He did.And I smiled as one of the maids served him a glass of wine. He took a sip of the drink and set the glass down, nodding at the maid in thanks.We spoke of neutral things at first, patrols, borders, the usual rhythm of a pack that never truly slept. He told me about the rogues he’d driven back, about tightening watch along the eastern grounds. I listened, nodding, asking the right questions.I knew he wasn’t telling me everything.He never had.N
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