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.”

practically see the cogs turning in his brain as he sorted through this new information, but I hadn’t a clue

planning to do

a conclusion.

and your wolf being

hadn’t. “What

exploited your sister with the implicit

My wolf had been strong, but

and

himself, then nodded. “Alright. I won’t share this information with

I exhaled in relief.

I can’t guarantee for how long I’ll

returned. He’d hold this

who knew what purpose.

and

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

find out more truth, perhaps it might ease the burden of

trying to decide if they were a threat or

Elva.

part of your family line, the child’s future

yours were, she might become the

as if

protect Elva if those same people from

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