Edwin was alone in his office, staring at the Painite that Reznor had left with Mrs Payne. He couldn't help but keep thinking about that rare mineral. Not everyone had some for them.
And he got it when he didn't even ask for it.
Darius was using the same thing on Edwin's people, destroying their lives and turning them against their own breed. The Moon Goddess only knew how many more rogues he had captured and how many of them would be dead by the end.
Thought of using the Painite against Darius kept poking his conscious. Darius was not playing by the rules, so why should he?
The old Edwin might have even thought about using that Painite for the sake of his people, but this new Edwin, the Alpha of the pack of Vincardine, couldn't bring himself to accept that idea.
He couldn't be selfish like Darius. That Painite didn't belong to him. Mrs Payne said that it should reach the people who can take care of it the best.