تسجيل الدخولMy father pulled up to the house and helped me out of the car. “Eat dinner, then rest,” he said, rubbing soothing circles on my back. “We’ll work out our next steps tomorrow. You’ll get custody of Ivy.”I clenched my jaw. I didn’t have the energy right now to correct my father and tell him that it w
Kade’s POVKade stood at the end of the driveway for a long time, even long after the car disappeared.Something stirred in Kade’s chest that he didn’t have a name for. Or maybe he did have a name for it, but he just didn’t want to call it what it was. Because if he did, then that would mean he’d ha
“Elena,” my father said warningly.I stroked Ivy’s hair. “I’ll see you again, sweetheart,” I said, gently disentangling myself from her. “I just have to go away for a little while longer, but then we’ll be together again.”She sniffled. “You and me and Daddy, you mean?” she asked, wiping her nose. “
Elena’s POVThe slamming of the door echoed in the now-quiet room. For a long time, nobody moved. Not even Debbie.Then, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up to see my father standing there with a calm expression, even a faint hint of a smile, but his eyes were hard and full of worry.“We shoul
“Shh!” Serena shrugged Debbie’s hand off, curling her lip indignantly, then leaned closer to look at the camp. A slow, malicious smile tugged at her mouth.Debbie knew that look all too well. It was the type of look Serena often had when she had a nasty idea. Like when Serena orchestrated a “payback
Elena’s POVMy heart stopped.Debbie’s eyes were fixed on me, wide and unblinking, and the whole room had gone very still around her. Harrison had frozen near the door. Tyler’s hand tightened on my arm. My father was still standing in the hallway, not entering the room, but I could feel him stiffen
Elena’s POVWhen Kade entered the room and saw the scene before him, Serena immediately lowered her hand. The smile she gave Kade was all teeth, like a plastic mask stretching over the horrible grimace she wore beneath.“Nothing is going on,” she lied fucking blatantly, taking a step back. “I was ju
“I can’t,” I said quickly, not wanting to reveal too much. “But I’ve… seen this condition before. If the mother was severely malnourished and weak, especially if her wolf was weakened due to this, then the child’s wolf will also be weak—thus causing the child to become chronically ill.”Kade was sil
Serena’s POV“Of course Samantha isn’t alive.” Elena stood, smoothing down her skirt. Her look of terror was quickly smoothed over by a mask of calm indifference. “Didn’t you bury her body recently? Why would you think she’s alive?”Kade’s brow furrowed. “Some things that seem impossible are possibl
But my grin faded when I found that the nursery door was already open, and Serena was holding Ivy.I stepped into the room and grimaced at the sight. Serena was pacing the room, rapidly bouncing a fussing Ivy. My daughter was squirming uncomfortably, head bobbing too fast and hard for an infant her







