The Crescent Heir
Jebediah had found his way back without explanation, wearing a satisfied expression and carrying a small jar of something dark and preserved that he set down and did not offer to share.
Emmett was halfway through a drumstick when he remembered.
"You called me a bloodhound earlier,"
he said, looking at Lord Nikolai. "When I arrived. What did that mean?"
Lord Nikolai and Jebediah exchanged a glance. It was brief, the kind of look that had a full conversation packed inside it.
"You are a Bloodhound, Emmett,"
Lord Nikolai said, setting down his cup. "A warrior-breed, wolves engineered through bloodline and conditioning for war and annihilation. Highly perceptive, driven by an instinct for confli