Blackfeather Woods only a madman likes the pain

It was not hard to truthfully answer Kendra's next question, for he could not believe Burke would leave his daughter had he a choice. He must have felt that there was no time or opportunity to retrieve her before leaving. Yet, perhaps he had also thought it better for her to grow up here. Considering how angry he had been in the days before their departure, however, Cicero was doubtful of that.

He aswered, "Burke would have asked Kendra to come if he had seen the opportunity." He spoke the words as if they were truth, even though he did not know the full truth of the matter, for he could not see into Burke's mind. But it was as close to the truth as he could get, and that was what she had asked him for. What he thought.

A careful smile tugged at Cicero's lips at Kendra's next words, only because they hit the mark so well. She was such a smart girl. Cicero knew his siblings were selfish prissy brats. He loved them despite it, but he could see how others may not see them that way. "They are selfish, yes." In a way, all wolves were selfish, for survival was the first thing on anyone's list, but some more than others. Damien's ambition was both admirable and frightening at times. "Cicero knows that Damien is a selfish asshole lusting for power, but there is a deep love in his heart for his brother nonetheless. It is strange how these things work... It is sort of like how Cicero would have loved Kendra, even if she had decided to kill him. But in a different way." Damien's love was different from Kendra's, of course — but what he meant to say was that sometimes wolves did the worst things and yet your heart still felt love for those wolves, simply because you could not not love them.

"The rest of the world is not much better, Cicero fears. That is not to say Kendra must love these selfish fakes as well. That is a choice only the heart can make." Cicero smiled sadly at her, for he felt for her and the pain she was going through; and that she needed to deal with it alongside such selfish individuals. Yet the rest of the world was no better, he felt.