Blacktail Deer Plateau The trouble with the world

Saena's question took him by surprise, but he answered her truthfully. "Actually I was born to it. When I left that behind, though, no I did not. Nor did I want to." Dante shrugged, giving her a smile. "I can't say I regret the way things turned out, but I certainly did not expect this outcome."

If someone had told him a month ago that he'd be leading a pack of his own, he'd have called them crazy on the spot. Yet here he was. "Thanks for the confidence." The fact that so many were behind him and believed that he would do well was one of the only reasons he wasn't seriously rethinking his position right now. If they saw it in him, then he could see it to. Or would in time at least.

And so far, it really hadn't been that bad.