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“What?” she gasps.

“Yeah, I know. Pretty crazy, huh? He says he’s my half-brother, and that the other wolf I saw in my backyard is my father.”

“Jesus,” Alisa whispers, sitting up. “This is really out there. Do you believe them?”

I look into the shadows of the bedroom, contemplating her question. I want to say straight up that no, I don’t believe them, but there are lingering doubts.

That familiar scent… and he knew about my mother. It also explains why she was so weird about me wandering around town.

“Jenks?”

“I’m not sure,” I finally say. “I’m really not. From the first moment I saw them, I felt something. I can’t just dismiss this.”

“Why did they attack me?”

“They might not have been,” I reply. “Maybe they closed in, and you thought it was a threat and ran.”

“No,” Alisa says firmly. “They were definitely threatening me.”

“Okay, well, it’s not like they could possibly know you’re my wife. The Decker wolves would definitely attack a random witch.”

“That’s what they came here to do, not so long ago,” she reminds me softly.

My guts twist as I remember the terrible night of the attack. I can still hear my friends screaming, and see their bodies being lowered into the earth.

“Jenks.” Alisa puts her hand on my arm, snuggling back up against me. “You can’t trust them.”

“I don’t. But they’ve never hurt me.”

“I know. But they could hurt everyone else.”

“What can I do, though? Tell Bae? I think that’s a terrible idea.”

“It might be,” she agrees. “You have every right to take your time here and think about this before you tell the rest of the pack.”

“I appreciate that so much, Alisa,” I whisper, giving her a gentle squeeze.

“I’m here for you. I won’t betray your trust and tell anyone about this. You have my full support. Thank you for opening up to me.”

She wriggles up a bit to give me a quick kiss, then snuggles back against my chest. I hold her gently, burying my nose in her hair to soak up her sweet, delicate scent.

Like pale petals, scattered with drops of ice. All those years, I thought she was cold, but she’s not. She’s the warmest person I ever met.

My body begins to relax, and my mind settles as I start to drift off to sleep. I’m relieved that for the first time in my life, I’m not alone, and I’m beyond grateful to have her by my side.

Chapter 17 - Alisa

Wrapped around Jenks in the dark, I keep my breathing slow and even, stroking his side gently as he drifts off to sleep. I want him to get a proper rest. His mind and body have been stretched to the breaking point tonight.

I can’t imagine how devastating it must be to get news like this.

Finding out about his childhood helped me understand him better, and my heart went out to him after I found out about the pain he’d lived through. I was even more touched that he opened up to me, trusting me with the deepest secrets of his heart.

Now, right when he’s learning how to hold his own in the pack and open up to me, he gets approached by strange wolves claiming to be his family.

I tighten my arms around him, listening to his breathing. When I reach out with a faint trickle of power, I sense that he’s in a deep sleep. I push some positive feelings through his aura, making sure that when his dreams come, they will be pleasant.

He needs rest. His mind, heart, and body are beyond endurance, about to snap. It’s not easy for anyone to change themselves. He doesn’t need more challenges on top of that.

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