IA'S

only one who loved

ple, and so he had come up with his own variation of the name. She had fallen in love with hearing him

studied him: he had grown his hair long. It reached his shoulders now, like a cloud of black. There were more lines on hi

–or stressed. Suddenly an image of those hands on her body flashed across her mind and she squeezed her ey

up, then blinked again. He was frowning with co

ok a step backward. A close proximity to him

ed to wave him off. She was aware of the housekeeper and her kids watching them, and

im again, this time more confident. "But I certainly do no

chauffeur to use force only if you weren't willing to come with him. I knew you

s, feeling the rage again. "What's that suppo

aid. "They're m

them? Did you even give any indication that you were willing to keep them? And

ving room with the housekeeper. He turned to the elderly woman. "Please take the kids upsta

ely as she coaxed the children out of the car and led them upstairs and into the larg

a chance to know them, did you? I didn't even know you got pregnant that night until a short while ago. How woul

you?" She retorted. "Running away from the pack was the best thing I had ever done, the best decision I

iley. I had no idea you

hat do you need my help for, Ray? That's why you kidnapped me and brought me b

Then she watched as he swallowed hard and nodded. "Of course." He muttered. "I'll get to that.

the history between us. I'm not sure there's anything to forgive, since you didn't exactly offend me. But I can't

again. "I

, I'll be going back to Chicago immediately, and

y serious. "What do you mean, you

his green eyes. "Exactly

h an agreeme

I cannot a

ration. "Fuck, Miley!

do you think your mate will say or feel about that? I'm not going to

rue wolves? What do you think you're going to do in a few years, when their wolf forms start manife

. "This isn't why

s eyes, and he reached out as though to touch her shoulde

l these years, trying to suppress the urge to morph?

ritting her teeth. "I don't want to talk about

t, then he thought better of it and nodded i

ago, Raymond, and I was trying very hard to fix myself when you decided to show up again. You'd better have a good enough explanation for kidnapping my children and I, or w