TABOO (A DEAL WITH THE SHADOW ALPHA)
"Start there."
" I'm but, I'm not a normal one," he said.
I blinked. "What do you mean?"
He was quiet for a second, like he was choosing the entry point to something very large and needed a moment to find the right door.
"Kage is what I am," he said. "It's not just a title or a rank. It's a specific kind of creature. I'm a demon werewolf, Addison. I have a demon that has been part of me since birth. His name is Kage. We are two in one body. He lives in me and I live in him and we have shared this—" he gestured at himself, at the whole of him, "—since before I could breathe on my own."