year

led me from the kitchen as he burst through the doo

d and already so much like his father; the He's going to start asking quest

ike Zeke's, molten gold that s

me se

the kettle and lifted him onto my lap, studyi

unty Fatima!"He pointed to each stick figure with p

head, breathing in his sweet scent."Why don't you go sho

ng against the wooden floors.I smiled as watched him go, my chest tight with so

eminds me of my children at that age.Always into something.Never staying at ne place.""Speaking of which," I glanced at the c

d 'bath' he ran into the backro

lay out the dinin

asked her."Aren't they suppo

fe Fatima?"my voice grew worried.She smiled

ed in beside me. ."Cecelia, I've been meaning to ask.You ever think about

tence.."There's nothing to discuss.Gold

ma!"Golden's scream cut through t

ne.The back door hung open,

de, Fatima close behind m

"We bot

e were greeted wit

the dock."Check the boat slips," Fatima shouted and I could hear the t

t but growing fainter, leading toward the tree line behind the Fishermen's warehouse.M

My baby

alerted the pack, a

y inch of Seacreek territory.I sat in the pack house, staring at Go

cing a warm cup of tea in my hands."These

flat, like all my life have been stolen

k isn't large, but we're thorough.We've searc

cup clattering to the floor."Whoe

You can't help Golden if yo

golden boy was out there somewhere, pr

red off, he would hav eocme home.He knew his way home.Somebody

anding in front of me.Zeke, with his resources and connections.Zeke, who commanded

me sick, butwhat

, hating myself for the words."Someone wit

the tea she was sadly

t he used to leave in the

with you."I placed my hands on her shoulders."You don't have to."Her

h understanding."Cecelia,

ing, folding it carefully and tucking it into my po

to turn away."It's best you inform the Alpha

ice cracked with tears."Sitting around

peration reflected in her eyes."B

l on my cheeks.And now I was going to see the