Chapter 32 "The Prodigy's Training"

• The next morning found Ian in his father's private study, surrounded by psychological profiles, political dossiers, and strategic analyses that represented thirty years of intelligence gathering on supernatural society's most influential families. This wasn't standard educational material—it was the kind of classified information that shaped international pack politics and territorial negotiations.
• "Tell me about the Montague heir," Victor said without preamble, sliding a thick folder across his desk.
• Ian opened the file, scanning the detailed psychological assessment and behavioral analysis that some of the supernatural world's most skilled intelligence operatives had compiled over years of careful observation.