Amber
I didn't want Evalie to grow up without me, to ever think for a second that she was unloved and unwanted. I knew exactly what that felt like— I had been abandoned by my own father and brothers—and I would never wish it on my worst enemy.
I squeezed my eyes shut, a sob ripping from my chest.
This couldn’t happen.
I couldn’t let it happen.
I almost gave in to the panic, to the devastation — but then a warm, steady presence unfurled inside me, strong and unyielding.
Irma.
My wolf growled low in my chest, fierce and protective, wrapping around me like an unbreakable shield.
“No,” she whispered, her voice a steady thrum in my head. “We are Evalie’s mother. We raised her. We protected her. He cannot take her from us.”
She released bursts of endorphins and they washed over me like waves, calming me down and reminding me of happier times. I had flashes of truth — Evalie's little arms around my neck, her sweet giggles filling our home, her sleepy "I love you, Mummy" whispered against my s
