Months passed, and I sat on the back porch of the pack house after a long day of work. Everyone had cleared off when we came out, but I didn't try to stop them because I liked having her to myself. My beautiful mate was resting her head on my lap holding a book above her face as she worked her way through it. She was becoming a more adept reader as time went on, and I was proud of her determination. Had I ever thought she was not equal to the challenges ahead of her? What a fool I had been. An i***t and a fool, and I was lucky to somehow still have her.
She set the book down on her stomach and looked up at me. "Devon?"
"Sofia?" She hadn't changed her name to Raleigh, because she wasn't sure and didn't want to steal someone's identity without definitive proof. She also still feared the id
