Chapter 0032

The fact was, for whatever the reason, he hadn’t revealed my secret yet. If I played his game, maybe he’d

continue to keep it.

I pressed my hand to his elbow and nudged him closer to the door, further from Elva. I didn’t want her to know the truth yet. We’d have our own conversation in time, when she was old enough to understand.

voice low, just in case, I confessed, “Elva isn’t mine.”

Julian’s perfect veneer finally cracked. His eyes widened for a few solid seconds before he recovered

himself. “Really?”

“She’s the daughter of my twin sister,” I said. The memories burned through my brain, painful and hot.”

sold my wolf to pay off Elva’s ransom.”

“She was being held for ransom?”

“My sister owed too much to so many people. They’d taken Elva as payment. They only gave me so

many days… I did what I had to do.”

turning in his brain as he sorted through this new information, but I hadn’t

planning to do with

he had reached a conclusion. “Have you ever considered

wolf being taken

hadn’t. “What do

exploited your sister with the implicit purpose

into silence once more. My wolf

wolf and my power? That

then nodded. “Alright. I won’t share this information with anyone for

I exhaled in relief.

can’t guarantee for how long I’ll keep

inhale, my anxiety returned. He’d hold this over my

who knew what purpose.

to Julian, and that knowledge

investigate for yourself,” Julian said. “You might find there

more truth, perhaps it might ease the

decide if they were a threat or

Elva.

the child’s future abilities would likely be formidable.

yours were, she might become the

as if

I heard clearly the danger referenced. Weak as I was, I wouldn’t be able to protect Elva if those same people from the underground came for her, as they

could become Luna… maybe I

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