"How do you suppose you're going to do that, Edna?" Joscelin called sweetly. "It's a bit hard to claim familial relationship when you're meant to have died before the Great War." Of course, the Nest had its own resources to call upon in such a case; it was how Coward had gotten his peerage back, after all.

Still, no need to let technicalities get in the way of his fun. Teasing wolves was a particular pastime of his.

"Don't let the wolf trick you, Edna. He just wants to move some more of his friends into your lovely home."