Northstar Vale Go ahead and cry little girl, nobody does it like you do

his cousin spoke, and Cas turned from his reverie to look into her face, lovely despite the lines and darkness beneath her eyes that stress had put there. "not yet. i'll go ... sometime." the memory of his conversation with Shreya arose and he shifted against the ground, looking between Saena and Luke. "where are we going? i only ask because -- because my dad's pack is on the coast. and he has friends there, too."

he paused. "maybe we could settle there? it would be ... safe." Casmir was innately uncomfortable suggesting stuff like this to the alpha pair, but the kids were so little. they needed a den. consistency. Donnelaith couldn't house them all, but settling close could provide the former Phoenixes with the security they needed to rebuild.