WILLA’S POV
I pretend I didn’t see the way Grandpa’s ears perked up in full attention as soon as Gillian’s question was out in the air.
William let out a tiny, ‘oh,’ and his piercing gaze burned the side of my face as I stared at my children with a small smile frozen in place.
The hopeful look both Calisto and Gillian wore but tried to dim down caused an unbearable constricting feeling in my chest, as if my heart and lungs were being held in an unforgiving vice grip.
I blinked a few times as I took a deep inhale through my nose. Then after releasing my breath, I beckoned my children to come over to me.
They obediently did so without any fuss, leaving behind Grandpa, who was still in his wolf form.
“Listen to me carefully,” I said as soon as the two were standing in front of me. I ge
