(Caius)
I found Kael in the eastern corridor.
He saw me coming and I watched him make the decision in real time about whether to turn and walk the other way. He decided against it, which showed better judgment than I might have credited him with twenty minutes ago on the training ground.
He stopped and faced me.
"Alpha King," he said.
"Kael," I said. I stopped in front of him. "What happened on the training ground wasn't your fault."
He looked at me carefully, the way wolves looked at things they weren't sure were safe yet.
"I shouldn't have touched the Luna," he said.
"You didn't know," I said. "You weren't doing anything wrong. What I did was an overreaction and I wanted you to know that directly."
He was quiet for a moment.
"Is the Luna alright?" he asked.
"She's fine," I sai
