[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#DB7093]Cassiopeia Claire Alistair[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#DB7093]Location:[/color][/b] Nic&Ren's Apartment – Chicago, IL 
[b][color=#DB7093]Skills:[/color][/b] Sorcery[/center]
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[b]”I didn’t know who he was! He said he could help.”[/b] Tears streamed down Ren’s face as he looked at his son. [b]”We were going camping to figure out how to tell you, but then I ran into this man when I was buying supplies…”[/b] 

Cassiopeia looked up at Nic, feeling his anger thread through her because of the bond she was sharing with him. She pressed her head into his chest, taking steadying breaths to keep them both calm. 

She knew Nic had a temper; she had seen it in her shop, and when she stood over his mother's dead body. Cass was no stranger to anger. It was fire and passion, and sometimes, it could focus you. It could give you drive and purpose.

Cass slid her hands up Nic’s back, her hands resting over his shoulders, and she moved her head back to look up at Nic again; to monitor him.

[b]”I wanted to help. I wanted to do something because there was nothing I could do for Kiki.”[/b]

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#006400]Caden[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#006400]Location:[/color][/b] Caden&Nero’s House – Chicago, IL
[b][color=#006400]Skills:[/color][/b] [/center]
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Caden smiled at Nero and squeezed their shoulder before he looked across at Avery. Kimiko wasn’t happy, but she had always been quick to anger about most things, and Caden seemed to be the target lately.

Avery met Caden’s stare and sighed. [color=#B0C4DE]”I already explained it to her, but,”[/color] he shrugged and looked at Kimiko. 

[color=#006400]”If you’re bonded to Avery, you’ve seen your own bonds. I’m certain there’s one for me as I have one for you. But, because Avery and I are pack, you are now pack. So what I mean is not only have our bonds gotten stronger, but so has the pack bond. When the three of us shift, we’ll be able to communicate mind-to-mind. When we’re human, we’re more hyperaware of each other and our emotions. So, we have to practice blocking each other out. Avery and I have established our blocks to each other well, but well, you are new to this.”[/color]

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#B0C4DE]Avery Zain[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#B0C4DE]Location:[/color][/b] Caden&Nero’s House – Chicago, IL 
[b][color=#B0C4DE]Skills:[/color][/b] [/center]
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[color=#B0C4DE]”It’s not a criticism,”[/color] Avery added, worried Kimiko might take everything Caden was saying the wrong way. [color=#B0C4DE]”Remember how it felt when the bond first snapped into place for us? How overwhelming it was? Learning to block each other helps to keep that from happening. If we didn’t block, we would constantly be run by what we or our pack members were feeling. Blocking gives us a sense of ourselves back.”[/color]