THE GAMMA'S DAUGHTER
He held the pups close to his chest, cradling them as if to shield them from the world.
"Please wait! I’ll be back soon."
I ran into the cottage, where Grandma Aurora was rearranging the herbs she had collected from the woods.
"Grandma! It’s me!" I called out.
She turned slowly, her expression unreadable. "Did you bring another wolf? I can smell it!" Her voice was as sharp as ever. Despite her graying hair, wrinkled skin, and worsening Parkinson’s, she remained as perceptive as I remembered.
"Yes, a pack of rogues attacked a mother. She just gave birth."
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