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 .

, she said in almost a whisper , with

crouched down and took the gift , lifting it to really look at the wildflower with

, I said

bounding away to join friends

watched the whole exchange with a small

are

why we do

matter ? By morning , the whole pack had assembled

; my chest heaving with pride as determination was reborn within

a pack , I told them , and my voice

that should

it served only to make us more

flashed , the echo of mine , deep running with

to

can

for our younger wolves to develop

that encourage bonding

of assent rippled across the tide of faces and broke over me

his presence anchoring me

to give ourselves room to grow

while Piper puts on combative training sessions for anyone who wants to brush up their skills

from the side

to hold a sword was exactly what I wanted to do with my

, crossing his arms over

Youll enjoy it .

fast learner

light teasing lightening

in one

groups and eating

the two of us finally took some time away from the

oranges

, his thumb tracing

done something amazing here ,

corrected , catching in on

in comfortable silence and watched the stars come out one at a time , then Dane turned into me , searching for the very

time , he started , his hand

was referring to , much less what Chapter 226 the thought implied , he pulled out an exquisitely

in his voice but a slight quake in his

of

want you to be

, and for a moment ,

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