It was not right for her to get him involved in a case she was working on, but an emergency came up. The little boy had no one to look after him, and he didn't want to stay with anyone he didn't know. After all, he got scolded heavily when he grew frustrated from not seeing his mom.
Rica had two cases at once, but the one that was supposed to be a smooth custody transition took a turn when the mother was shot on her way to pick up her child from daycare. The child didn't want to stay with someone else, but she still needed to work on the high-profile one that was entrusted to her.
That was why Darius was in her house again. He was watching the boy that stared at him like a hostile creature that would jump right at his neck. However, Darius wasn't scared. He was just wondering what kind of therianthrope this one was. Right, the mom was most likely another.
