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

against the side of the car as soon as her tiny

and winter, and flowers and sun -

His child. His...daughter.

into the car, his entire world unraveling around him, with this new tiny creature at the center of it

unable to

is Marigold," Cristof whispers, his voice thick

"What the fuck..."

eyes away from the little girl in

Jackson into sucking in a deep breath. "You'll like her - and

Jackson whispers,

girl into his arms. Her face scrunches and

as

when

A dark, pretty blue.

they're just

her a bit and pushing her hair back. "But I haven't been able to figure out

not stupid,"

"I didn't think she was, honestly. She watches everything, all quiet, and she listens a lot - she understands everything I say. It could just be

to a kid

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