a business that could help right wrongs of his family. Jackson hadn’t actually been the one to cut off his father from his life with Lacey and her son Tyler—he’d left it up to his father to make the choice. Appreciate new lawful and humane tactics in business and be in his life, or continue in his old ways, without his son around. William had chosen wrong. It’d been hard for Jackson to hold his ground against one of the most powerful men in the world, but he’d done it. Afterward, William became even more harsh and ruthless. It was a burden on Jackson’s soul, but with Lacey and Sterling and Ben as his anchor, he’d managed to make a good life and head a prosperous business.
Casey closed his sight to the other office and leaned his head back again.
Casey knew the ways of humans pretty well. He loved humans, and Jackson was one of the finest humans he’d come across. But even though times change and everything evolves, humans could produce amazing beauty and fruits of love but still thrive on the lowest level of existence. Selfishness and greed. And unfortunately, Jackson’s father, infamous William Carter, remained one of the most selfish, greedy, and downright evil humans he’d ever known. His attempt to steal Michelle’s rightful property was just an example of that greed and malice. Casey’s blood boiled at the thought of William’s debauchery hitting so close to the humans he loved. He didn’t even try to suppress a low growl in his throat. He would put a stop to William, one way or the other.
His cell phone vibrated on his desk and he saw on the screen that Lara Monroe had texted. She wanted a meeting of the colony tonight. He texted her back he’d be there. On top of his work at Carter, Inc. and his search into Michelle’s mortgage issue and safety, Casey always had colony management to contend with. Just something to take in stride. His leadership meant a lot to him. His colony of were-cats was made up of both “pures,” were-cats who were direct descendants of two were-cat parents, and “moggies,” were-cats who had human and were-cat parents. As the first moggy to hold the position of leadership of his colony, he intended to equalize the population of his kind. Parents and older were-cats remained members of the colony, but were inactive in colony activities. It was probably the youth of his colony members that had given him an edge in being chosen as leader. The younger members were more open to evolving. He considered it his job to lead the group in assessing what the shape of changes would be, including revising ancient rules. Fortunately, his second in command, Lara, believed as he did that change was due.
• • •
The headlights from Casey’s Prius shone into the dark, lighting his way through the forest on the winding road that led back to his parents’ house. His parents’ home had been home base for his colony for as long as he could remember. His father, Larry, kept things close to his vest and his mother, Camille, supported him. His mother was a human who carried a recessive gene for were-cat traits and his father was a pure, born from two pures. In his experience he’d found that pures expect to run things, including deeming a moggy’s home unfit for colony concerns. But somehow his father had made it so.
His father had been a colony leader. He preferred to follow. He’d said it made life simpler for him. Casey thought of his father as quietly subversive, but his father would never agree to that description. How else could his life be explained? He didn’t like to rock the boat, yet he’d married a human. The stories Casey’s mother had told of the arguments about the marriage between his father and his grandfather made his father sound brave and strong and his grandfather ferocious. His parents’ marriage had caused a split in the colony of the time. Some followed his father as the new leader and adopted his father’s house as base, and some chose to go a
Casey closed his sight to the other office and leaned his head back again.
Casey knew the ways of humans pretty well. He loved humans, and Jackson was one of the finest humans he’d come across. But even though times change and everything evolves, humans could produce amazing beauty and fruits of love but still thrive on the lowest level of existence. Selfishness and greed. And unfortunately, Jackson’s father, infamous William Carter, remained one of the most selfish, greedy, and downright evil humans he’d ever known. His attempt to steal Michelle’s rightful property was just an example of that greed and malice. Casey’s blood boiled at the thought of William’s debauchery hitting so close to the humans he loved. He didn’t even try to suppress a low growl in his throat. He would put a stop to William, one way or the other.
His cell phone vibrated on his desk and he saw on the screen that Lara Monroe had texted. She wanted a meeting of the colony tonight. He texted her back he’d be there. On top of his work at Carter, Inc. and his search into Michelle’s mortgage issue and safety, Casey always had colony management to contend with. Just something to take in stride. His leadership meant a lot to him. His colony of were-cats was made up of both “pures,” were-cats who were direct descendants of two were-cat parents, and “moggies,” were-cats who had human and were-cat parents. As the first moggy to hold the position of leadership of his colony, he intended to equalize the population of his kind. Parents and older were-cats remained members of the colony, but were inactive in colony activities. It was probably the youth of his colony members that had given him an edge in being chosen as leader. The younger members were more open to evolving. He considered it his job to lead the group in assessing what the shape of changes would be, including revising ancient rules. Fortunately, his second in command, Lara, believed as he did that change was due.
• • •
The headlights from Casey’s Prius shone into the dark, lighting his way through the forest on the winding road that led back to his parents’ house. His parents’ home had been home base for his colony for as long as he could remember. His father, Larry, kept things close to his vest and his mother, Camille, supported him. His mother was a human who carried a recessive gene for were-cat traits and his father was a pure, born from two pures. In his experience he’d found that pures expect to run things, including deeming a moggy’s home unfit for colony concerns. But somehow his father had made it so.
His father had been a colony leader. He preferred to follow. He’d said it made life simpler for him. Casey thought of his father as quietly subversive, but his father would never agree to that description. How else could his life be explained? He didn’t like to rock the boat, yet he’d married a human. The stories Casey’s mother had told of the arguments about the marriage between his father and his grandfather made his father sound brave and strong and his grandfather ferocious. His parents’ marriage had caused a split in the colony of the time. Some followed his father as the new leader and adopted his father’s house as base, and some chose to go a
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