The fact was, for whatever the reason, he hadn’t revealed my secret yet. If I played his game, maybe he’d

continue to keep it.

I pressed my hand to his elbow and nudged him closer to the door, further from Elva. I didn’t want her to know the truth yet. We’d have our own conversation in time, when she was old enough to understand.

voice low, just in case, I confessed, “Elva isn’t mine.”

Julian’s perfect veneer finally cracked. His eyes widened for a few solid seconds before he recovered

himself. “Really?”

“She’s the daughter of my twin sister,” I said. The memories burned through my brain, painful and hot.”

sold my wolf to pay off Elva’s ransom.”

“She was being held for ransom?”

“My sister owed too much to so many people. They’d taken Elva as payment. They only gave me so

many days… I did what I had to do.”

see the cogs turning in his brain as he sorted through this

planning to

conclusion. “Have you

and your wolf being

hadn’t. “What do you

if someone exploited your sister with

wolf had been strong, but

my wolf and my power? That seemed

nodded. “Alright. I won’t share this information with anyone

I exhaled in relief.

can’t guarantee for how long I’ll keep

next inhale, my anxiety returned. He’d hold this over my head then, for

who knew what purpose.

Julian, and that knowledge brought

investigate for yourself,” Julian said. “You might find there is

If you can find out more truth, perhaps it

I turned the words over in my mind, trying to decide if they were a threat or not,

Elva.

part of your family line, the child’s future

were, she might

casually, as

wouldn’t be able to protect

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