Claimed By The Wolf Kings
“I know she is. It must have been hard, before you came here. All those times you had to move. Did she… did she ever have friends who helped her? Like your Daddy?”
Evie’s eyes, so open a moment before, shuttered instantly. She looked down at her shoes. “I’m tired,” she mumbled, a perfect, evasive echo of her mother. “Can we go now?”
The dismissal was so skillful it was chilling. Ariel had trained her well. Pushing would only frighten her more.
“Yes,” I said gently. “We can go.”
I stood and moved towards her. She didn’t resist when I reached down and gathered her into my arms. She was so small, her weight a negligible burden. She tucked her head against my shoulder, her exhaustion evident, he
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