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.”

turning in his brain as

to

had reached a conclusion.

wolf being taken weren’t

“What do

your sister with the

into silence once more. My wolf had been strong, but to purposefully

my wolf and my power? That

then nodded. “Alright. I won’t

I exhaled in relief.

how long I’ll keep

returned. He’d hold this over

who knew what purpose.

and that knowledge brought

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

you can find out more truth, perhaps

words over in my mind, trying to decide if they were

Elva.

child’s future abilities would likely

she might become the

words so casually, as if he’d been

protect Elva if those same people

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