Chapter 114

The drive back to my family’s lands is quiet.

Aaron sits beside me, but he doesn’t make conversation. He

doesn’t hold my hand or do much of anything, really!

If I didn’t know better, I’d think he was brooding.

But that’s not his style.

He’s too volatile a wolf for that. I’m more the one to sulk and

think. Aaron is a man of action.

When I hit the second gate I get out of the car.

“I’ll drive you up,” Aaron insists.

“No.”

He curses. Then he reaches into his suit pocket. “Here.”

He hands me a small velvet bag. “What’s this?”

“Open it.”

I undo the tie string and pull out a simple gold chain. It

has a moonstone pendant on it. Hecatolite isn’t especially expensive, but it has a really pretty opalescent glow. The chain and design look old.

“I get that you won’t wear my ring or much else that I sent

over, but that was my mom’s.”

“Oh.” I rub my thumb over the cool gem.

This gift has meaning.

1 pull it over my head.

“Can you keep it on?” he asks softly. “For me.”

This man has never been sentimental before. Not about

anything.

“Uh, okay.”

and looks almost

my head and get out

your phone on you,”

on

few guards

don’t think that’s a

“It’s them or me.”

“Okay,” I say abruptly.

shakes his head. His smile

agree to someone-anyone

of

as he

want to stay out of trouble. The problem

find me…

clear my head.

of the

I’m glad

you know

venture a

you to swear

stays between us. No one else.

understood?”

hands into the pockets of his wh ite lab

If you value this pack or my father’s. decision, I need

“Of course, Leah.”

into his lab, then uses the

computers connected to a cloud server?” I ask

He nods.

connected to the web can be

make the changes to

of those access codes with me.

je rks back like I’ve slapped

years of my research. Archives of our

pack’s medical history…”

my

sputters and I watch his eyes

Interesting…

a temper. He hides

tirelessly, my friend. We should just take additional steps given the nature of my

explanation seem to

he says. “I’ll initiate new protocols

my ultrasound,” I

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