Page 23 of Sasha's Wounded Wolf

I growled, fists clenching at my sides.

“She said she killed them.”

“Every single one of them. Told me it was her right. Their blood was hers to spill, and she did. I was with her, but she didn’t need me. She tortured them for answers, but none of them knew who’d hired them. Only that she was supposed to be dead when they finished.”

“She really thinks it was my father.”

Nico nodded. “Just so you know, she won’t have him around Raine, either. In case you were thinking of having him over here also.”

Was my mate right? Was my father the one behind what had happened to us both? He’d definitely been out of line with the comments he’d made to my mate when I’d gone to him to let him meet her and let him know I’d be introducing her to the full pack when Raina got home. I’d nearly hit him then. Sasha had been the one to hold me back. Still, I’d warned him, if he couldn’t accept my mate, he could look for another pack. But killing me? Killing Sasha? Was my father really capable of hiring people to murder us? If he was, then Sasha wouldn’t have to worry about him being around Raine. I’d kill my father myself.

I hit the bottom of the stairs and glanced over to see a small figure dart behind Sasha’s leg. Moments later, two arms wrapped around her thigh, and my son peeked around at me. Sasha reached back and ran her fingers through his hair. I dropped to my knees and stared at him while he watched with big eyes. She hadn’t been exaggerating. My son was the mirror image of me as a little boy.

“Raine.” My son’s name was a choked whisper.

“Raine,” Sasha cajoled as she tugged his hands free and sat down on the carpeted floor. He immediately launched himself into her lap, never once taking his gaze off me. “I want you to meet someone.”

“Hello,” he whispered from the safety of his mother’s arms.

“Hi, Raine.” I sat across from them, easing forward until my folded legs pressed against Sasha’s. “I’m your daddy.”

Raine’s eyes widened before he jerked his head to face his mother. Sasha nodded, tears streaming down her face. Our son cuddled into her and turned to stare at me. I held my hand out to Sasha, and she slipped her fingers between mine. Raine glanced at our hands then slowly slipped his hand atop our joined hands, folding his fingers around them. I think he caught us both off guard when he suddenly launched himself at me, wrapping his arms around my neck.

“Daddy,” he cried, hugging around me.

Sasha crawled closer until she was in my lap with Raine pressed between us. We sat that way for a long time, holding each other while we cried.

Chapter Nine

~Sasha~

Rowan sat on the couch watching cartoons with Raine while he chattered away. My son, who was so uncomfortable around strangers, had no such qualms around his father.

“He picks up on your emotions,” Nico said as he came to stand beside me, while we watched father and son. “When you’re anxious, he is. He knows you accept Rowan, so he does.”

I hadn’t thought of it that way, but it made complete sense to me.

“What are you thinking?” Nico asked.

I shook my head then shrugged as if that would offer something more to my non-answer.

“My emotions are all over the place. I don’t know… He’s alive. All this time and my mate is alive and with me. I love watching him hold Raine, seeing the two of them together as they always should have been. At the same time, I’m jealous of my son. I want to be in Rowan’s lap. Naked with him deep inside me.”

“Didn’t need that detail,” Nico muttered, and the disgust in his voice drew a laugh from me. One that had both my loves glancing over at us.

“Mama!” Raine called and held out his hand to me.

I was crossing toward them when there was a knock at the door.

Rowan glanced at the time.

“Shit. That’s probably Easton and the rest of the guys. I texted him earlier to bring everyone here.”

“Hold tight,” Nico ordered while he peeked around the curtain. “Looks like the group you walked into Bastion’s house with. I count nine men.”

“Let them in.”

“Here, let me take Raine,” I told him, moving quickly to join them.

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