“You did,” David replied. “After that fire, you went on about you being a were—”

The mention of that word caused her eyes to dilate. Memories from last night flooded back into her conscious mind, flashes of her running through the forest, hunting down large game, and being in the company of other werewolves.

“Werewolf,” Julia said.

“Right,” David said. “I figured you were barking mad…”

“Nice pun,” Julia said, and attempted to elbow him in the ribs.

David backed away, clearly not in the mood to kid around, at least not with those strained features. His smile looked more like the face kids made when parents made idle threats. Where’s the glow in his eyes?

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“No,” Julia said. “You turned your back on me yesterday. Abandoned me in my darkest hour… some sympathy and a little faith would have gone a long way.”

She saw it in his face, his jaw drooped visibly and his eyes rolled up towards the sky. David was lining up a speech while waiting for her to shut up long enough to interject.

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“Oh…” Kaylee said. “Julia, could you pass a message to Amber—mom?”

The idea of spending another minute with Amber made Julia’s heart sink. Her blood pressure dropped, and her head pounded, but she quickly regained control over her faculties. You can do this.

“I will,” Julia said and nodded.

“Tell her that I’ll never forgive her for forcing me to choose my son over family,” Kaylee said.

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