Chapter 0920
Cristof seems to move in slow motion, grasping the handle to the car door, pulling
it open. Jackson's body moves without him, stumbling after Cristof, bending low to see inside as the door swings wide.
Jackson blinks into the darkness, his eyes adjusting.
And then he sees her, the little girl.
Asleep, curled up in some ragged towels and blankets, her dark hair spread all around her in a wild tangle.
Jackson's wolf howls as soon as he sees her.
Ours, Jackson's wolf snarls. Grab her, take her - she is ours -
But Jackson can't move, not...not believing it.
A child.
Hank said - Hank said that there were no children born that autumn in the Community -
She - she would have been on the record -
Tasha had
door, and he trips over his own feet, falling hard against the side of the car as soon as her tiny little girl scent hits him.
and flowers and
His child. His...daughter.
stares into the car, his entire world unraveling around him, with this new tiny creature at the center of it
to take
name is Marigold," Cristof whispers, his voice thick with
"What the fuck..."
take his eyes away from the little girl in
a good kid," Cristof says, starting forward suddenly, his brisk movement surprising Jackson into sucking in a deep breath. "You'll like her - and she's easy - she won't give you
Jackson
the car, gathering the tiny little girl into his arms. Her face scrunches and Jackson watches in awe as she moves her eyes open, bleary and looking
as
again, his heart stopping when he
A dark, pretty blue.
they're just like
frowning at her a bit and pushing her hair back. "But I haven't been able to figure out if that's because she's...stupid. Or if just doesn't
stupid,"
fast. "I didn't think she was, honestly. She watches everything, all quiet, and she listens a lot - she understands everything I say.
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shit to
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