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
stepping towards the open door, and he trips over his own feet, falling hard against the side of the car as soon as
winter, and flowers and sun - half him
His child. His...daughter.
world unraveling around him, with this
to
Cristof whispers, his voice
"What the fuck..."
take his eyes away from the little girl in the back seat of the car.
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
Jackson whispers,
into his arms. Her face scrunches and Jackson watches in awe as she moves her eyes open, bleary and
as
stopping when he realizes that her eyes
A dark, pretty blue.
just
arms, 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
not stupid," Jackson
looks Qver at him with a shrug, talking fast. "I didn't think she was, honestly. She watches everything, all quiet, and she listens a lot -
—
shit to a kid
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