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.”

could practically see the cogs turning in his brain as he sorted through this new information,

to

he said, when he had reached a conclusion.

your wolf being taken weren’t mere

hadn’t. “What do you

with the implicit

wolf had been strong, but

steal my wolf and my power?

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

I exhaled in relief.

for how long I’ll

next inhale, my anxiety returned. He’d hold this

who knew what purpose.

and that knowledge brought me

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

perhaps it

my mind, trying to decide if

Elva.

family line, the child’s future abilities

yours were, she might become the

the words so casually, as if he’d

protect Elva if those same people

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