“No! We cannot be together! The pack, the outsiders… they see us as blood kin. What meaning would it hold to take vows when the whispers of kin-bond follow us? And this child… do you truly want our pup to grow beneath the gaze of suspicion?” Elena responded immediately .
Her words shook with raw fear, but before Dolphus could answer, Elena’s voice broke again. “Or will you howl it to the whole pack, that you and I share no blood? Will you bear my birth mother’s truth before them all? If her name is dragged through the dirt, if Farrington's bloodline is questioned, what then? How will my grandfather survive the shame? No, Jack, I cannot.”
The Farrington family was strong and proud. Lately, other packs in the city whispered, wondering why the Farringtons were given more respect than the Ha
