I understood. I crouched down, and my heart trembled before I could stop it. Mia had ended up with an unreliable father, and that was why, at an age when she should have been in school, she had been forced to wander from place to place with a Feral Wolf, never having a real home.
“They’re going to an end-of-camp party,” I told her softly. “Your school has summer camp activities too. When the time comes, I’ll sign you up as well.”
Mia nodded, half understanding.
I stood up and was about to take her into the classroom when a voice came from behind me. A voice so familiar that the moment I heard it, acid rose in my stomach.
“Didn’t you say you weren’t coming? Then why are you here?”
I turned around. William stood not far away, holding Rocco’s hand. Holding his other hand, just as expecte
