Vireya's POV
Six Years Later…
“But I don’t want to go to school,” Zevaren frowned, his small fingers clutching the hem of my cloak. “Thalyn always comes to me.”
Thalyn, Alpha Caran’s daughter, had been his constant shadow lately. I smiled, brushing a wind-tossed strand from his forehead as I knelt before him. His eyes, brilliant and blue like summer lightning, always reminded me of the one I lost, and yet, they were wholly his own.
With my left hand, I gently held his, and with the other, I reached into my cloak and pulled out a wrapped honey-laced candy.
“When she comes today, give this to her,” I said softly, placing it in his palm.
He looked at it with reverence. “Okay,” he said with a solemn nod.
“She just wants to be your friend,” I added, tracing my thumb over his knuckles. “Play with her. Be kind.”
“Okay,” he echoed again, and then gave me that same crooked, boyish smile that used to tug at the corners of Zevarion’s lips.
I pressed a kiss to his forehead and watched him walk i
