Kurt sat on the big flat rock, in his favourite place in his territory, surrounded by nature, the coppiced trees, and the scent of life. He wondered how he had gotten his life so wrong. Listening to Deoran’s life had been painful, almost too much to bear and for a long while Kurt had wondered why he was being told all of it. Was it to depress him? He’d been sad enough as it was. But that hadn’t been it. Even after everything Deoran had been through, every hurt and pain and starving night, he had