Chapter 42 Forgiveness

"Thank you for your help tonight, Emily," Kyle told her and dismissed her to go get some sleep.

"I know there has to be balance," Kyle told Rosette as they sipped tea alone at a table in the kitchen, "but it has been difficult to instill the proper amount of kindness into my actions."

"How's that?" Rosette asked, not understanding.

"I am the pack's protector. I cannot afford to be seen as weak. I have tried to be gentler than my father, but it is a fine line to walk," he told her.

"You didn't kill or cast out the rogues' families because you wanted to handle this differently than your father," Rosette said, starting to put it all together.

"Yes," he murmured, "although one of the fathers took his own life in shame. Another family has asked to be leave the pack. None of them barely show their faces for the embarrassment they feel."

They sat in silence for a moment and listened to the sounds of everyone filing back into the den. From the ones