The Freak Is The Mate Of The Lycan
About how they'd met at a neutral territory gathering, how he'd courted her despite the laws against it, how they'd run away together and lived in hiding for years.
"He had your eyes," she said one afternoon, her voice wistful. And your stubbornness. Goddess, he was stubborn. Once he made up his mind about something, there was no changing it."
"What was his name?" I asked. It felt strange, not knowing something so basic about my own father.
"Aldric," Perla said softly. "Aldric of the Lycan line. He was brilliant and brave and absolutely terrible at cooking. I once watched him burn water."