“I don’t know what will happen.You and I, nothing like thishas ever happened before.My pack consists of purebreds.We were born this way.I don’t know how this will affect you.”
“This is why your mother… did what she did.”
“Yes.But I put my foot down with The Council.No one willoppose us now.”
“The council?”
“Just a group of elders who help me out, offer advice.”
“Oh.So, since werewolves are real, what about the rest?Vampires?Other… animals?”
“No.No vampires.At least I haven’t encountered any.Noother animals, either.”
“Huh.Clara’s a wolf, too, right?”
“Yes.”
“She was working some wolf magic on my dad, wasn’t she?That’s why he was getting better.”
“Yes.I asked her to help him.”
“Thank you.At least I got to have him back for a littlewhile.”
“You know I would do anything for you, Casey.”
“I know.What about discovery?How do you keep this asecret?”
“We move around a lot, but we always come back here.It’sour home.”
I need to tell her about Stone.She needs to know what’scoming, so she’ll be better prepared.
“Casey, there’s something you need to know.”
“I figured there’d be more.”
“Stone made you.He’s your father, in a sense.He’ll becoming for you.”
“I know.”
“I won’t let him anywhere near you.”
“I know that, too.”
I sit up, pulling her along with me.“When you change, yourinstinct will be to go to him.”
“What?I would never—”
“The wolf is going to control you until you can control her.She’ll be guided by instinct and the first one will be to go to her maker.”
“You talk as if we’ll be two different people… so to speak.”
“For the most part, you’ll be in control, but sometimes it’sgoing to feel like you’re a passenger in a car.You go along for the ride, butyou have no say over the direction you’re going.It’s a little harder for mebecause I can change at any time.I’ve found that my emotions play a big partin whether or not the wolf comes out.”
“I’d really go to him?”she asks.
“Yes.”
“You won’t let me, will you?”
