Something has to Give

Melody watched David fuss. He’d not been to the daycare for almost a week and his temperament was showing how he missed being there. They had to get back to normal at some point. They couldn’t live while waiting for the other shoe to drop.

“Malcolm, can we talk?” They’d been out for the express purpose of feeding the Ruling Council’s agenda and to keep their obligations to the firm, among other things.

“What do you want to talk about?” Malcolm left the sunroom and moved to Melody. He smiled down at her. If nothing else, she’d finally accepted their life together and Malcolm felt he could relax a little finally.

“We need to talk about everything. David can’t live like this, and neither can we. We barely see anyone outside of work. This isn’t living.”

Malcolm gave a heavy sigh. He knew this wasn’t living. It was hard enough getting work done for the pack. People needed answers and guidance, but right now Malcolm didn’t have the answers.

His people want