When I wake again, the world is softer.Firelight flickers against stone walls. I'm lying on furs, warm and clean, my head bandaged, my ribs wrapped tight. The pain is still there, but dulled and manageable.Rose stirs inside me, more alert now, her senses reaching out.Safe, she murmurs. Pack. Family.I try to sit up, and a small sound stops me.A gasp.I turn my head slowly, and my breath catches.A child.A little boy, no more than four years old, is crouched beside me, his wide eyes fixed on my face. His hand is outstretched, fingers hovering just above my cheek, like he's afraid to touch but can't help himself.He's beautiful.Dark hair, wild and untamed. Eyes the color of amber and gold, glowing faintly in the firelight. His scent is wrong—too strong, too wild, too powerful for a child his age.Rose growls.Not in threat.In recognition.Destroyer wolf.The boy's eyes widen, and he jerks his hand back, but he doesn't run. He just stares at me, fascinated, like I'm the most intere
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