t I had known it to be from three years ago.It was beautiful, imp

instinct screaming at me to run.The last time I was he

ant me dead.Now I was wa

was alive."State your business," the guar

," I said, surprised by h

s ur

u and half the unmated females in the territory.The A

ils flaring as he caught my

?"His eyebrows ar

e on my tongue after three years of j

ving to his weapon."That's impossible.Cecelia

th have been greatly exagge

y chest."I need to see Zeke.My

urning in their heads.Dead Luna shows up claiming to have the Alpha's c

a died in the sea.The Alpha led her funeral himse

, the composure I was tryi

tly what walking back here will accomp

for the weakness.But the truthwas, I was terrified.Te

terrified that he'd refuse to

o sea.He must have his own child now.I doubt he'd be any willin

arbon copy of Zeke and hopefully,that was enough proof."Please," I

cared and alone, and I'll d

stared at m

he second

hear him making frantic phone calls.The minutes stretched lik

o drown me.The last time I

uld still feel the excruc

ter came to insult me-adding salt to injury- and throw me over a cliff.The soun

grim.My wolf instincts kicked in, screaming at

was uncertain.."I'm just a m

's face was pale."But I have to warn you, he's not the sam

the irony.He'd grieved f

twisted psych

moothly."I just need five min

they were doing to look at me in something like rever

ahead of me, and my handssweated in anticipation of

ike this; never as a stranger, never

ard said apologetically."Bu

l creeping into my voice."My son do

pen, and I steppe

been my se

hing about it felt colde

t the far end of the long table, sat the man

ent all at once.He was still devastatingly handsome,

closer to him, the council elders chattering like a hive of bees.But he was deep in c

t."There's someone here to s

rruptions.Whate

ooke

sto

ce so completely I thought he

y from his chair, his eyes-those gold eyes th

ble," he

came out steadier than

us moved.The air between

e commanded, his

g but the sound of our thundering heartbeats."You're dea

ed yo

said simply."But I survive

elia

dnt help the tears pouring down my cheeks."Y

med."What do you

old now."My tears must have really moved him because ther

our connections, your pac

l trying to grapple wh

pain reflected there."Our son, Zeke.His