Chapter 31
RUTH LOOKED NOTHING like Sleeping Beauty. Not that her features weren’t striking, but the scars criss-crossing her exposed skin detracted from any simple fairy-tale beauty. Still, when Luke and I walked in, Justice was gazing upon her face as if she was a flame and he was a moth contemplating fiery suicide.
I’d thought his lawyerly manipulations were a bid to win a role in his children’s lives, but perhaps he’d tricked all of us. Was my cousin besotted with the alpha of the pack?
Then his eyes hooded, his face returning to its typical robot mode. Justice turned to greet us. “Honor. Luke. As you can see, she’s still the same.”
My free hand rose to my pelt before I was aware of my intention, at which point I paused, conflicted. Destiny was the one who’d shown me the healing tr
