Nickolas was staring at Damien with a flabbergasted expression.
"I must say, when you said you wanted to talk to me, I wasn't expecting this."
"I think it's fairly on brand for him, actually." Leon chuckled. "In fact I'm a bit surprised it took him this long to stumble into a kid he wanted to adopt."
"As far as I'm concerned the position is his if he wants it." Patrick shrugged.
"Well she has to first decide whether she even wants to do it." Damien pointed out. "I just wanted to check whether you're all okay with me taking the position in case she does."
"Like I said, I'm all for it."
Leon sighed but nodded.
"The hunts without will be terribly boring, but I'm not selfish enough to keep you for that reason."
Everyone looked at Nickolas for his decision – their leader has a complicated expression on his face, one that didn't quite betray his thoughts.
"You said you're going to give her one day of training so that she can decide?"
Damien nodded.
