Chapter 226 AURORA It was still clinging to my skin , the chill of the night before , when I woke , the vision of the glowing pieces of the pendant fresh .

Morning light pouring through the packhouse windows , though .

managed to chase some of the leftover unease away .

Outside , what met my gaze was a balm of sweet solace to my soul .

Brilliant blue met the horizon again , bathing the village in golden warmth from the sun .

Wolves moved purposefully as they rebuilt , the sound of their laughter and chatter mingled with hammering and sawing .

Dane was at the tree line , facing off with some number of scouts .

Relaxed shoulders still ; he stands strong , holding command without command .

Hes happy when hes watching me and his easy smiling tugged a deep inner piece of myself in his direction .

Morning , he offered , the sound of warmth steady as I stepped up and stopped beside him , taking his own sean around the little action scene happening .

Chapter 226 It is , really , I said smiling just now doing it my way loo .

2/6 He nodded , his gaze following mine .

We fought hard for this .

This time we allow ourselves to enjoy it .

We spent the morning wandering the village and making sure things were progressing as well as they appeared .

Wolves were smiling at us , giving us progress reports .

The roof on the storehouse is all but complete , one wolf told us , jerking a chin toward the huge structure .

Should be done by next week .

And cleaned the rubble out of the eastern fields , one of them added .

The crops ought to grow healthy once more .

The pups were further off at play ; their giggles were wafted forward by the breeze .

The puppies tore through the grass at each other , a never ending sphere of energy .

One came to me : a little girl , large , round eyes with that sense of curiosity , holding onto something .

in almost a

gift , lifting it to

, I said

before bounding away to

the whole exchange with a small smile on his lips

are

me why we do all this , I

morning , the whole pack had assembled themselves around the

them ; my chest heaving with pride as determination was reborn within me

pack , I told them , and my voice carried across the clearing

through adversity that should have snapped us

only to make

the echo of mine , deep running with that same

some new traditions now , to keep us this strong

our elders can share in their experiences and

younger wolves to

projects that encourage

across the tide of faces and broke over me like

his

our borders to give ourselves room to

a select few will head out to range new territory , Chapter 226 4/6 while Piper puts on combative training sessions for anyone

from the side

Warrick how to hold a sword was exactly what I wanted to

shoulder , crossing his

Youll enjoy it .

a fast

pack laughed at that , light teasing lightening

passed in one big

training in groups and eating out beneath

evening , the two of us finally

had gone down , but oranges

hand , his thumb tracing

amazing here , he said softly

corrected , catching in

stood in comfortable silence and watched the stars come out one at a time ,

, he started , his hand reaching into his pocket

what Chapter 226 the thought implied , he

, firmness in his voice but a slight quake in his

always thought of

want you to be

my breath , and for a moment ,

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