Blackfeather Woods Redemption

Burke explained his reasons and Damien noticed just how much trouble it was for his father to deal with the information himself. Damien couldn't simply refuse to carry out the mission because, first he was a dark brother, and a superior, and second, if there was someone who had to make sure it was safe to keep the bastard around it would have to be Damien.

Burke had done a lot for Damien's family and for Blackfeather Woods so he owed the male a lot. If anyone asked for his opinion, the dark yearling would say he did feel like he was Burke's true son, no matter the truth. He didn't care about Sebastian or if he was Burke's true blood, but if the Alpha asked Damien to carry out this task it had to mean something.

"Of course," Damien replied with a slight nod, but feeling that there was no need to keep talking about the other son, he thought it was the right time to discuss his own matters. His body language changed completely in that moment. His ears fell back and his eyes got distracted for a moment as Damien organized his thoughts.

"Burke... Do you think I should... Find a mate?" asked the yearling with hesitant words. Part of what had been eating Damien's little remaining sanity was the confusing deal with Cicero, and the thoughts that it brought along about him feeling responsible for passing on the family name, and it was seriously troubling him. Damien had never really had any thoughts about that matter before his close encounter with Cicero, but now it was like everything revolved around the topic. More than guilty, Damien felt confused about the things he was feeling about Cicero, and adding the fact that he had never had any real education about sexuality, and that his model of a couple had always been contradicting (thanks to Meldresi's aloof concept of mateship and her history with Bane), Damien didn't really know what to do with himself.