Ari's POV
His voice became softened, though it only increased the worst. This pack is... a dangerous one now. Wolves are dying. People are tense. Mistakes happen." He tilted his head. "Sometimes... accidents happen."
I could see my sweat on my palms. "What are you implying?"
He had come so near that the puff of his breath touched my cheek. "You have a child, don't you?"
My heart stopped.
Harriet.
It made him smile deeper to see the fear in my eyes. "Children are delicate. Very easy to... lose."
A cold wave spread through me.
"If you threaten my daughter--"
Nobody was threatening anybody, he broke in. The thing is, I am merely saying that accidents happen. Doors break. Wild wolves roam. A child can wander." He touched me on the shoulder, almost affably. Then you had better keep an
