A brief thought passed through my mind, something a little wild, about keeping the full truth from him. But, with things as they were, that didn’t seem fair to anyone. Not to Alice or to me or to him.
“When that plane came down,” I said, “both our wolves manifested to keep us safe.”
“She wasn’t even born yet,” he whispered.
“No…” I said. “Our wolves kept us safe in that crash. We would have surely died without them. Yet, for Alice, manifesting a wolf so young did not come without consequence. I cannot wish it undone, because she would be dead without her wolf, but… To see her in such pain…”
I bit back a sob.
Julian wrapped his arm around me, tugging me closer against him. He rested his chin atop my head, tucking my face into the crux of his shoulder and neck.
“It’s not your fault,” h
