Chapter thirteen

“Oh, you are done early,” Aliyah sad, sipping her juice and placing it on the table beside her, “nothing serious?” she glanced up at her son who had joined her.

Asher bit his lips and glanced away from her, thinking of how to phrase his words and approach her without her exploding on him. “Actually, what I wanted to talk to dad about, he said it would be best if I talked to you first.”

“Oh,” Aliyah replied, her face turning serious as she sat up on the chaise longue she had been relaxing on. “Okay then, what is it?”

Asher nodded and took the sofa opposite her. “As you know, the unknown wolves had made appearance in the human realm. Anita and I are already on their case but so far, we haven’t gotten something concrete on them.”

“Okay,” Aliyah nodded, wondering why she had to be the best judge to that piece of news. “I’m assuming, there is more?” she raised an eyebrow.

“Yes, that is what I want to talk to you about. The thing is, if we hadn’t rushed from here to there, we wouldn’t have