[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] Shapeshifting;
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It wasn’t until Nero dropped to the ground that Caden fully registered Cassiopeia’s words and what had just happened. He didn’t believe her at first, and then he didn’t want to believe her. The dragon inside warred with him, angry and wanting to be freed to go after the so-called prince of Hell. Caden was half inclined to let the dragon take over. 

Caden’s attention shifted from Cassiopeia crying into Nic’s chest to his mate on the ground. No, not his mate. Not yet, anyway. Caden pulled his hand from Nero’s, releasing their forearm, and stumbled back a few steps. 

[color=#B0C4DE]”Caden?”[/color] Avery’s voice sounded barely above a whisper. Caden looked at him and Kimiko. Their faces were blurred, barely recognizable as the dragon inside him fought for control. The rage he felt was capable of burning him alive, he thought. 

Caden started to shift. His hands morphed into claws, his eyes took on the shape and form of a dragon’s, and wings erupted from his back. Then he shifted again, slowly gaining and losing control of his powers as he fought to keep from shifting completely into a dragon. His eyes found Nero’s again, but even the sight of them couldn’t ground him. 

[color=#006400][i]”Es tut mir Leid.”[/i][/color] Caden turned and walked quickly from the gazebo before the shift claimed him. He shifted from two legs to four and let the wolf he had claimed as his, run him through the trees. 

[Hider=Translations]I’m sorry[/hider]

[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 
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Avery watched Caden struggle to remain in control, but he was shocked when he ran off. Avery had never seen Caden lose control like that. He had seen Caden emotional, sure, but never to the point where he couldn’t control himself. And Avery never thought he would run from Nero. 

Avery looked back at Nero and felt the need to support them. Avery squeezed Kimiko’s hands before he knelt on the ground with Nero. He stared at Nero, unsure what to do. 

[color=#B0C4DE]”I’m going to hold you, okay?”[/color] Avery waited half a second before he pulled Nero into an embrace.

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#DB7093]Cassiopeia Claire Alistair[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#DB7093]Location:[/color][/b] Caden&Nero’s House – Chicago, IL 
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Cassi wasn’t sure how long she remained hidden in Nic’s embrace; all she knew was that when she turned back around, Caden was gone. Cassi looked down, saw Avery holding Nero, and frowned. 

[color=#DB7093]”Where did he go?”[/color] Cassi asked Kimiko.