That was... a gift. He'd given me a gift, shown me something about himself that he didn't have to. People in the High Court called him the Beast of Phazikai with fear and disgust, but for the soldiers, he was their Beast. He'd led them, and he'd protected them, and he had their loyalty until the end of time. Here, in the fighting courts, he was respected and accepted in a way he never was surrounded by courtiers, and Dain had cracked the door for me. He called to me like a wolf, and his pack sang back to him.
