103: And Sebastian knows that the fear of being hurt worse is keeping her from shifting. He has only seen glimpses of what hasn’t hurt worse in the past few months he’s known the wolf, so he has no way to tell her whether shifting will actually hurt as bad as she’s worried it will. And as much as he wants Aurora to be able to shift, what she needs from him is patience. “I packed us a snack. We can eat and then maybe try again?” “Jam?” the little wolf asks. “Strawberry,” he smiles. Sebastian takes his cloak off his shoulders and holds it over the little wolf while Aurora retrieves the bread and jam from his satchel. The omega takes turns eating it and sharing bites with him as the rain falls around them. “Are you going to tell me what super secret mission you sent Azariel and Damian

