When we got to Sydney, we still had a little time and daylight before dinner with Alessandro. Nicholas gave the driver some addresses, and we headed into the city. We saw the pier where a young Philip Corcoran had arrived in the Colony as slave labor and the nearby prison. We visited the farm, now housing, where he'd worked after winning his freedom, and finally the claim he farmed before leaving for a new land claim a hundred miles south. I pulled up stories about the places as we walked around, learning more about my mate's heritage and his Pack.

Consuela was interested, but I could tell she was getting...