Certainty

Theo's wolf holds me and strokes my hair until I calm down. Once I do, he wipes away my tears and leaves light kisses all over my cheeks and forehead. I can't do anything but take it and love it.

He's so tender and sweet, he wipes away kiss by kiss the fucked up memory of that guy.

"I'm okay now," I tell him in a whisper, "I was just a little scared, but you made it better. Thanks for coming to my rescue."

"You rescued yourself, but I'll always be there for you, Nukea, always. It's not a lie or an exaggeration. And it's never going to change," he promises, looking deep into my eyes so I feel the honesty of his words. I nod, because I fully believe him, "The kids?"

"They're in their room, they're okay too," I tell him. He nods and closes his eyes for a couple of seconds. As soon as he opens them again and stops touching my face, I know it's just Theo again, "Hi, buddy. Thanks for coming."

"Of course I would," he says like it’s a given and takes a couple of steps away from me to appro