***Ella***
The day definitely feels longer when I need to fly to and from work, instead of taking a casual stroll through a magical tree.
I land by the cabin, wiping some rain off my face. I didn't mind the rain, in reality, but it does make it harder to see where I am going when it's coming down heavily.
"How'd it go at Exton?" I ask Austin, as I come through the doorway.
"Things were easier when it just seemed to be the pack heirs going off the rails. But these guys aren't pack heirs. I don't even recognise my own son anymore," Austin sighs, looking bereft, "he has no respect for me as his father, nor his alpha."
"It's just a phase, Aus," I suggest, not entirely believing my own words. The look he shoots me suggests he doesn't believe me either.
"I...had to order him again," he say
