"My family had a long reach," he said, bitterness still lacing his words. "They would have hurt the pack, hurt the caern. Just to punish me for not being what they thought was proper. I couldn't let that happen."
He looked up at Carr, this time with a glimmer of steel and confidence in his eyes. "It's what I can do to protect them. They've done enough to protect me. But my father is a lawyer, and a good one. He'd find ways to hurt them that they wouldn't know how to defend against."
So you're out here to what, learn control?
Julian nodded slowly. "It's.. hard to find the line between it and me. And..." A blush crept up his cheeks. "Suddenly chasing squirrels across campus is a little hard to explain."