Casey looked at both Marie and Kailah with some curiousity in its gaze. It would have gladly fabricated something for the little girl, but it noticed how Marie didn't want it anywhere near the girl. Casey took no offense to it, choosing to hang back a bit or old doors if need be.
"Oh I understand, but know I don't hurt children. They're more painful than expected to handle with how pure they are at such young ages. Let's get going though, shall we? Unless you want me to carry miss werewitch out and away home."
Casey had a rather evil smirk, one that was always on its face even when it was being kind or following orders. It had no plans to cause trouble, though it would miss feasting on Amanda's darker feelings. She had become a nice food source after all and the dragon was a parasite for good emotional sources.

It seemed Kailah was quite happy to be allowed to walk on her own for a change. It was always easier to just carry her as it meant they would be moving faster, but it seemed the little girl had her heart set on walking now so all she could do was really to move her feet, lean on her mother and follow them both back to her apartment. She couldn't help but growl slightly at Casey's remark though. He wasn't carrying Amanda anywhere, she was more than capable of walking herself, just not by herself at the moment it seemed.

"I bet you'd like it if you find some way to keep my bound to you for a while longer," she said quietly, not really wanting to waste a lot of energy talking right now. Amanda just hadn't been able to keep the snide comment to herself anymore as she too had grown accustomed to being bound to the dragon. The redhead knew she couldn't learn how to survive her newest misfortune without learning to control her emotions, but it had been so easy just to have everything taken away before it became too much.

The way home from Dahlia's shop was a lot longer than she remembered it, but she did manage to make it inside before she collapsed on her bed. While she was dozing off, she could feel her mother place the spell back on her, locking away her own magic until she'd learned how to be a wolf as well.

Marie decided to call Valerie so Casey could meet her and Marie could take Kailah home. The poor girl was exhausted as well and her mother's side was no place for Kailah at the moment. "Valerie will be here shortly to take over for me," she said as she picked up her granddaughter, relieved when she didn't fuzz and instead fell asleep in her arms. Valerie really seemed to be taking her duty seriously though as she didn't take long to arrive.

"Who are you?" she asked the moment she laid eyes on Casey, confused as to why Marie had called her over when Amanda clearly was out like a light and already had someone watching over her in a sense. Not long after, she was alone with the sleeping witch and the stranger, still wondering why she was really there at the moment.

Casey had heard what Amanda said, unable to help the chuckle under its breath as it followed them to the woman's apartment. It was amused to say the least, glad to know there was a mutual feeling between them. It could feel that both mother and child were now the same sort of strange hybrid, but the dragon didn't bring it to question as it watched Amanda passed out. Casey just watched as it leaned on a door frame, finding human mothers so strange. It gave a nod at being told that some female named Valerie would be appearing soon to take a shift of watching Amanda. it had no idea this much was being taken into account with Amanda.

Casey gave a wave and one of its smirks to the toddler, wanting to play with the child but knowing it wasn't allowed anywhere near the baby. It watched Marie leave with the child before seeing a strange woman that reeked of werewolf. It smirked at her, still remaining leaning on the doorframe.
"They call me Casey, i've been left in charge by my master to watch Amanda closely and eat her rage until she's met master's goals. I'm guessing you're the wolf helping her take control of the werewolf side Amanda has gained?"
The dragon could try and have a little fun with this on some level. It had no clue who Valerie was or what she did for a living, but quite frankly it didn't care.

Valerie really hadn't expected Amanda to have company at all when Marie left, so she was confused as to what this creature was doing at Amanda's apartment, watching the newly turned witch sleep. Despite never having trained a newborn wolf before, Valerie had become quite protective of Amanda and refused to let anyone help with the fight-training. She needed to keep the newborn busy more than anything so she'd have a way to work off some energy before it turned into aggression.

With time, she had no doubt that Amanda would find other ways to spend her energy, but for right now she enjoyed pushing the other and holding her down until she yielded when she was worked up over losing. "So you're the thing she's been talking about that keeps her in check. I can't say I'm actually teaching her to be a wolf per say, more like I'm giving her ways to deal with her pent up energy so she won't get in trouble. She hasn't really been that interested in learning to control the werewolf side of herself yet, but I think she's finally ready to start learning if she's willing to find a way out of her contract."

The brunette didn't understand quite what it was that Casey was doing, or what Casey really was, but she didn't question that it had been a great help. Especially from what she'd heard of Amanda's behavior prior to being more or less under house arrest as far as dark feelings and desires went. "She hasn't even asked whether or not she'll be forced to shift yet, and we can't really tell until the full moon, but I guess you'll be around to see for yourself then."

Casey listened, unable to smirk a bit wider. It was always amused of what others said about it. The dragon never cared if it was good or bad attention and feelings it got from others, it always just seemed to glow about it. It lifted a brow at werewolf control being brought up, its hair and eyes unable to stop from turning orange out of curiousity.
"Her rage is such a lovely food supply though, shame I'll have to let it go if she does well this week. It'll be quite a show if I get to witness her first shifting. Need to make sure you're good for her too. Where exactly are you from as I've never seen the likes of you when I get to leave my cemetery."
The dragon was curious of Valerie to say the least. Casey knew of all pack members and this one didn't smell or give off the same energy as the others. Just where was this woman from?

Valerie had seen that rage just one time, and she wasn't interested in seeing it again. She didn't understand how such an innocent looking young woman could be the cause of so many bad things. How could a single person be so consumed by anger and pain that they didn't care if they burned down an entire town in the process of getting their revenge? It made absolutely no sense to her that this was why everyone seemed to tip-toe around Amanda, she needed to be brought to justice for what she'd done. Maybe this was nature's way of simply exactly vengeance for being so utterly abused by a single woman.

"I'm in Jack's pack, sort of. I come from a place where species don't really matter. For instance, my boss is a vampire, and it doesn't really matter to either of us as long as I do my job of protecting her when she needs it." Valerie didn't know how much she could really tell Casey, as she didn't know how Dahlia would react when she learned the truth. "Is that what you meant by the likes of me, or were you hinting at something else entirely? I'm just a fellow wolf and a friend," she shrugged slightly and looked over at Amanda.

There was nothing she could do about the redhead though, except watch her sleep and that was kind of creepy so she turned her attention back to Casey. "I hope we do get to teach her some basics before the full moon at least, she needs to know what to expect... If not, I'll just have to follow her around all night until the sun comes back up to make sure she doesn't get lost..."

Casey listened rather intently, having chuckled here and there with its Cheshire grin stretching its face. It was amused to learn of a place that didn't care of what creature you were. The dragon could remember when this town was so divided and on some level still was, what with the superhumans running about these days. It tossed some of its hair off its shoulder before moving closer to where Amanda was sleeping, looking the woman over with hunger more than anything else.
"Well I don't know how long you've been watching her, but she is quite a handful. My creators would have loved her rage and how ugly she could be. They would have brought her into their terms of revenge even. But still, I will miss that delicious anger and hatred she has once this is all over."
It knew it needed to let go, but it had grown attached to using her for food. It had stopped feeding on the grief the cemetery visitors provided all thanks to having to drain hatred and anger from Amanda. Could one really blame it for wanting to keep a much better food supply around?

Describing the Order and what they did was always difficult, especially when she couldn't be too specific. They had a zero tolerance for racism, considering they had to work together to achieve their goals of keeping everything in balance and keeping everyone's secrets safe. Maybe it was different for people joining the Order when they were adults, but Valerie had really been born into it, so she had been raised to not care about things like species.

The brunette listened to Casey talk about Amanda's rage and hatred and how she would have served its creators purposes well. "You must have had a field day when she was turned then, from what I hear she doesn't do too well with pain..." She couldn't really hide her curiosity. One could say she had a professional curiosity regarding the dragon; they had yet to really document anything about creatures like that, as they were so rare, so she was taking in everything she could whilst still keeping the conversation going. "I've really only been watching her since she was bitten, she refuses to let the other wolves teach her. Before that, we hung out as friends I suppose, ever since my people helped mask Kailah's witch scent from people who don't already know the truth. When the time comes, we'll have to do the same for Amanda..."

Walking closer to the bed, Valerie pulled the covers over the werewitch as she was stirring slightly in her sleep. If she was starting to recover already from how weak she'd just been, it left Valerie with an idea of how much the magic abusing had really affected her body if it was used to it like that. "How can one person hold that much rage?" she asked Casey quietly, wondering if it was such a good idea to let Amanda off her leash just yet. Stepping away from Amanda again, she kept looking at Casey, she was filled with questions. "Will she be able to access whatever she needs to this week while you're with us? Or will you stop it the moment she's out of line?"

Casey was growing curious of where this wolf was from, having listened carefully. It guessed that the day it had almost reached a point of being able to eat no more was the day Amanda was turned, getting the dragon to chuckle.
"ah yes, I wasn't there but she has a bracelet that links right to me. I was nearly overwhelmed but it was quite the feast."
It looked to almost drool at the memory, but shook it off as it heard the hushed words. Casey's grin was stretching beyond limits of what should be right for a human. It stepped away from Amanda while Valerie pulled the blanket over her.
"Rage is in all of us and with the right materials at your fingertips, it can consume every fiber of your being. She had too much power, a rather common way to be corrupted by rage. It's why monsters like me exist, to feast and make more of it."
It could see she had many questions now, just chuckling at what it would do over Amanda's behavior.
"I'll let her leash stretch some, but it'll be hard to resist not eating that rage right up the instant it starts."

Considering there were still traces around the apartment of the state things had been in that night, she wasn't surprised to learn that Casey had been almost overwhelmed by everything. "I think more than anything, Jack wants us to watch her so she doesn't go after the wolf that did this to her. I think nothing would really give her greater pleasure these days than to hurt that poor girl..." The scary part was, from what she'd seen, if Amanda found Candice and decided she still wanted to kill her, it wouldn't even require her getting worked up about it as she always seemed so calm after training.

"She won't get any better now that she's only got her own magic, you know..." Valerie didn't want to say anything else about the matter right now, she needed to talk to Amanda first and get her to really listen to her. "There's no way to let it unfold on its own? I might need to really push her to her limits, just to see how she'll react to feeling such things again, and whether or not she is to be reasoned with in such an angered state. It'll only get worse once she gets access to her magic again if she can't control her temper without it." Despite knowing that Amanda wanted nothing more than to be free of her contract and learn how to live as a wolf now, she also knew that she might not be ready to be free of Casey yet and she was too proud to admit it.

Finally it seemed Amanda was coming too again as she whined softly, almost asif she'd thought everything was just a bad dream. Valerie was quick to be by her side and smile slightly at her. "Good, are you ready? We can't waist a single moment of your time on a longer leash by staying in bed and feeling sorry for ourselves." She needed to provoke Amanda properly so she was ready to see if she was able to move on her not. It wasn't too far from the apartment to a small clearing in the woods and she nagged Amanda until she was outside and ready to train. "First rule, you must always be ready to defend yourself if someone attacks you, too tired isn't an option. Suck it up," she smirked though, earlier she'd pushed Amanda to her limits as far as physical workout went, tonight would be more of a mental thing as she needed to work Amanda into a state and try to calm her down afterwards.

Casey listened and didn't really say much on the matter. It couldn't really see Amanda being done with its contract anytime soon, she was such a proud person and that was more than one way to fall into anger.
"We'll just have to see Valerie, we'll just have to see."
It noticed how Amanda was waking up and how the wolf ran over to the werewitch in the bed.it was curious to say the least of the two and was ready to see how they fought. The dragon took this job as a chance to gain a bit of freedom and fun for once. Not that the hybrid that belonged to its heart was boring, but to get out was enjoyable for it. It followed like a shadow, curious of how things were going to turn out. It was meant to watch and report after all.

Amanda wasn't happy when Valerie more or less dragged her out of bed and out into the woods again. Would she never catch a break? Why couldn't she be allowed to rest for just once, leniency from Casey be damned? It didn't take long though from they were out in the woods until they resumed their usual ritual of Amanda trying to keep up with Valerie.

As Valerie kept pushing her, Amanda kept trying to get ahead until they were on the ground where she once again found herself trapped by Valerie. She was so tired of always losing to the much more experienced wolf, so tired of always being punished for something when she clearly had made an effort to change. "Just get off me," she growled as she pushed to get the other wolf off of her. Still, Valerie couldn't help but smirk at how frustrated the redhead was getting.

Frustration quickly turned to anger when she still couldn't get herself free from Valerie's hold this time. It seemed the brunette had been easy on her before, as she showed no sign of budging at all this time. "Calm down, stop fighting and I'll let you go," Valerie said, being true to her word once Amanda stopped fighting her and released her.

It seemed Amanda had other plans though as it didn't take long for her to be back on her feet and tackle Valerie to the ground, clearly not ready to let it go just yet. She didn't even realize that she was doing exactly what Dahlia feared she would the moment she was free from Casey and give in to her anger, but right now she wasn't hurting anyone other than the person who'd purposefully provoked her.

Casey could tell Amanda was tired and rather annoyed with not being allowed to rest much. He didn't really struggle with keeping up, just using his non-scene wings to fly above the two wolves so as to observe. It didn't land until Valerie managed to tackle Amanda down, causing it to watch in amusement. It could feel anger starting to bubble up in the woman, knowing she didn't like to be tied down in any way, shape, or form. The dragon could never truly figure out why Amanda had such a temper on her at all times, making him think she could go up faster than a match.a chuckle came from it as Amanda was free, only to see her tackle Valerie down this time. Before it started to sap away the anger in the woman, it couldn't help to give some kind of remark.
"Now now Amanda, my whole point in being present is so you can prove Dahlia you're ready for me to go away. So far you're doing a terrible job with holding that temper."
It then proceeded to drain the anger before it could turn into rage, sighing at the taste and how strong it was even though it was a barely blossomed emotion in the moment.

Amanda had always had quite a temper, but it had never gotten so bad to the point where she lashed out on people. Not until everything changed once she got pregnant. She loved her daughter and would do anything to keep her safe, but that had been the start of her downwards spiral. Until then, she had gotten along more or less nicely with her family, she had a job she loved and she didn't have to worry about the future.

Before she could really do anything, Casey spoke up and she realized she was doing exactly what she wasn't supposed to do by giving in to her anger. It was almost a relief to feel it all leave her again before Valerie pushed her off and got back on her feet. "Again," she said calmly, determined to push Amanda until she could barely stand again and hopefully until she could calm down on her own, which ever came first really.

Back on her feet again, Amanda charged at Valerie again, but was caught off guard by the other using standing her ground and landing a rather hard hitting kick to her side before stepping back. The redhead grunted slightly in pain, determined to not give in though, despite the tenderness to her side. "How do you expect to keep Kailah safe, when you can't even keep yourself safe?" she heard from Valerie before she charged again, tackling the brunette once more. This time though, Valerie got the upper hand and moved so that she was once again holding Amanda down while the woman was breathing heavily and obviously angry again.

"You wanted this, love, this is your chance to prove whether you're ready to be free of Casey or not." It didn't seem to help though, as Amanda was struggling to calm down again.

Casey kept its watch, paying attention to how Amanda realized she wasn't really proving herself to be let out of Casey's contract. The dragon had found a means of setting up in one of the trees, watching the two go at it from above now. It even looked a bit bored when Amanda seemed to not be getting upset in any form. It smirked when Amanda was starting to get upset again, unable to help with some form of taunting. It was its only way that it could create some form of encouragement.
"Just give into your temper. Its so much easier to let me devour that rage and you know it."
Dahlia never said it couldn't speak its mind to them while still observing, so the dragon was going to make sure it could change this to work out in its favor more than anything. At least if Amanda didn't show remote signs of improving, the dragon would be kept well fed for a while longer.