Avery’s pov

I watch her walk away until she disappears. Xade crosses the room to stand beside me. He lift my chin and when he sees the emotions swirling in my eyes, he pulls me in a hug. “She’s just shocked right now, she didn’t mean it,” he kissed my head many times, whispering that my mom loves me.

I clutch his shirt, needing that comforting feeling he always seems to invoke inside me when he is near. He holds me tight until I have calmed down a bit. “We should go, give her some space to think,” he suggested, kissing my nose when I pulled away.

I nod and Xade takes my hand in his and leads me outside to the vehicle. Before entering I turned back once more to stare at the house I had grown up and my gaze drop to the ground saddened.

She hadn’t meant to hurt you,” Xade murmurs, squeezing my hand and staring at me with a calm loving gaze.

I nod. “I know. I just hadn’t expected it to go this south. I didn’t expect happy smiley faces but I had not imagined her to be this harsh.”

Xade nods in understanding. ” Give her some time, she’s really mad at me,” he points at his cheek and grins, trying to soothe me.

This proves it.”

I frowned, reaching up to cup his jaw. The slap was hard but there’s no red imprint that showed she struck him. One thing I have learned about the wolves is that they heal quickly, more than humans do.

I apologize, rubbing where she

bad. I’d take a thousand slaps from your mother if it means

and pointed out. ” I am already

and pulls away. I

jaw tensed. “We need

as my mind

going on?” I asked

were still a bit foggy as he replied more stiffly.” There’s something happening at the house that I need to be

need to say it twice, I quickly hurry into the

house I could see many others already out. They were in a circle as if surrounding something or someone. Among them was

beside Xaden, speaking about something.” He survived,” I breathe out in relief, remembering that he had come to help back then and had stayed back to make us get

his breath. “But he has

over him. ”

a hunter here,” Xade grunted, looking as

to the commotion. Xade has me close by his side, holding me as if afraid I’d get

man bound by his hands and gagged

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