Releasing the King
I've just escaped the tightening collar of 'Acting Ash', and that's a gig I should never have taken in the first place. Whatever Nona thought, I do not belong in politics, and when the time comes Val, or even Mitch, can take over Clan Zamora with my total blessing, you know?
Aftermath
Have to say though, among the many things being a cop forced me to see that nobody ever should, number one with a bullet is my kinda brother with my for-real sister. I mean, c'mon, man, that's just screwed up. Even if he and Bo we're on a break, split up, only kinda together or whatever they were callin' it that time, that was seriously messed up - took me a long time to get over it.
Dyson: Whatever the nature of my new pack, Hale's the center and one constant. I really screwed up when, well, when the thing with Val almost happened, and I don't want us to go there ever again. Me and Hale or me and her.
Kenzi: I know, I know, he's kinda all in the voice, but that's just his power - there's a real quiet core to Hale. Plus, when they got their own internal Barry White, us sidekicks gotta stick together.
Time was when the full extent of my on-display vices was the way I could relish Trick's "tae".
Bo: Kenzi's constantly giving me some "with great power ..." shtick but far as I can tell Hale has wielded and then walked away from great power all his life, which is its own very special kind of strength.