When I returned, my father was waiting, but my angel was nowhere to be seen. I sniffed at the air, wondering where she’d gone. By the smell of it, she had left not long after I went for my run. I shifted back into my human form and dressed quickly, noticing that she’d folded my clothes for me and left them where I could find them. Stealing glances at my father now and again, I found the scent of tears on the breeze concerning.
He finally spoke as I tied my sneakers. “She told me everything, Neil. Izzy said she would have been dead had ye not walked into her room the first night ye were with her. She also admitted she had instigated what happened that night. I hadn’t realised she was that desperate for help, Neil. After she left, I gave yer relationship with her some real thought. Looking
