WOLF
I carried Rio into our house.
She fell asleep on the silent drive back home.
After everything was revealed, Rio did the unspeakable. She went silent.
Not just quiet, but silent.
It was a silence that told you she was not happy with what she had learned. She was not pleased with them, and above all, she was not very happy with me either.
When Lucy and Sam started talking, they didn’t stop. Once the dam broke and the truth began to come out, there was no stopping them. The words almost seemed to tumble out in a rush.
Her eyes were wide, then narrowed, then wide again. Her expressions went from tight to broken to confused.
All I wanted to do was pick her up, but we both ended up in a perfectly protective bubble and left. I knew she needed to know everything. I couldn’t keep hidi
