Chapter 42

Gwen nodded. She had never before experienced the full weight of the responsibilities that came with being Alpha of the Shadow Pack, but now she could feel them. She hadn't given any thought to what being the Alpha would actually entail for her until it was too late. When she challenged Noah, the only thing on her mind was how to keep her aunt from dying.

"So," Phil replied as he placed his arm around her shoulders and continued their conversation. "I guess the question is, what is it that you want to do?"

"I want to be with you," the speaker said.

"I'm here."

The question is, "For how long?" The inquiry that she had been too terrified to ask is now out in the open for everyone to see.

"Ah, Gwene, my love, for as long as you want me to be here, I'll be right here," she said.

It turned out to be the correct response. The most appropriate response. And he made it abundantly obvious to her that he had already lived more than three hundred years, and that it was possible that he would liv