I decided against pointing out that David had stepped outside our agreement to see one another alone. Empathy made sense of his decision to bring Colt along, whether for moral and emotional support or just to try to advise his son on how to conduct Alpha business. Grandbay’s plan of searching for a new Alpha lingered in my mind, then I found my empathy challenged, realizing that if David was training Colt to take after him, it would mean training him in the habits of a tyrant.

But maybe that ...