After successfully controlling the wolves, I had my treatment center develop a number of treatments for wolves that shapeshifted early, although by the time the research was successful, she no longer needed them.
If she married Ethan, I would be her backer in the Blackwood Pack, and now that she's married to me, I won't let any more harm come to her, I vowed in my heart.
"I recognized that your outward pride and arrogance were masks," I continued. "Shields to hide your vulnerability. I knew you were unhappy, that you hadn't moved past the trauma."
I didn't mention how I understood that the humiliation of having to obtain that medical certificate was a source of deep shame and fear for her. Some wounds were too raw to acknowledge directly.
"Leo has been waiting," I said softly. "Wai
