Voren went completely still. He stared at nothing for a long moment, turning the request over like a man who had just been handed a task that was going to cost him significantly more than it looked like on the surface.
Managing Seraphine was already the closest thing to a full-time occupation he'd encountered outside of actually running his own pack and companies in the city and now Ravyn was asking him to walk her voluntarily into the Centenary training gym, which was going to require either a miracle or a very specific combination of leverage and patience.
"Why?" he asked, his voice staying even, already building toward a refusal the moment the explanation didn't hold up.
"I found out some things I need to address with her present. I promise I won't piss her off."
Voren pressed his lips together and let that sit for a second. "It won't be easy."
