Page 38 of Shadow City: Silver Wolf

No one would. "To answer your question, any child I bear will be a full-blooded silver wolf."

"How is that possible?" He grimaced. "I mean, wouldn’t that be only if you mated with another silver wolf?"

"Let me repeat." I chuckled. "Any child I bear will be one hundred percent silver wolf. It has to do with our connection to the moon."

"How could you know that unless..." He trailed off. "Did your pack mate with normal wolves? Have younotbeen hidden all this time? Why haven’t any of us heard you exist?"

He was asking a lot of good questions that I'd never thought about before. "Yes, sometimes, although we did stay hidden as much as possible. We integrated into society to find our fatedmates—no one outside our pack was allowed to be brought home unless they were a pack member’s fated mate. Because of that connection and the need to keep growing our pack, those were the exceptions. However, we’d go to the grocery store and school like any other wolf would. We just didn’t shift with outside wolves or invite them to our homes. We kept a safe distance from them."

"That's insane." Killian turned the truck toward the entrance of Shadow Ridge University. "So whoever this person is wants you so he can father silver wolves. This is so much worse than I expected."

And that was when it hit me. Now that he knew my entire story, he might not want me around. I couldn't blame him, with the danger hanging over me. "I get it if you want me to leave."

"Of course I don't." He reached over and patted my arm. "You're only the second person I’ve truly connected with since my own family died. And honestly, the reason I live in the Ridge is because my pack became the protectors once the silver wolves left. Maybe with you by my side, I could become the type of alpha my pack needs and the two of us can work together."

"Really?" I’d never thought Shadow City would replace us. “And you do miss being close with your pack.”

"Yeah, so I think it's cool that history has kind of come full circle." He rolled down his window and scanned his card. "And I do, but it’s so hard to look at my pack members, knowing I failed not only them but my family. In a way, this has to be destiny."

My heart fractured. "My parents and pack being slaughtered wasdestiny?"

"Dammit. I didn't mean it like that." He cleared his throat as he rolled his window back up. "Let's talk about this more later."

"Okay, but there’s something else you need to know." I stared at the building in front of us. "When I kind of lost it earlier, I ran into the nearest woods and shifted."

"While I was getting your ID?" he asked, his words careful, not conveying any sort of emotion.

"Yes, and someone saw me." If he got upset with me, he'd have the right. Since he was providing shelter for me, when I did anything stupid, it could fall back on him.

His jaw clenched. "Griffin?"

"What?" Out of all of the people he might guess, I hadn't expected that one. "No, not him."

"Thank God." His shoulders relaxed. "Then who?"

"Rosemary." The next words left my mouth faster than ever before. "But she didn't see me in human form, so maybe she won't know it was me."

"I take it back." He tensed. "I would rather it have been Griffin after all. If Rosemary figures it out, that's going to be an even bigger problem.”

“Why?” If she was a bigger threat, then there was no telling what we could be walking into on campus.

CHAPTER TWELVE

The car clockshowed two minutes ’til nine. I hated to cut this conversation short, however, I needed the job. I hoped that Rosemary wouldn't ruin it for me, but I couldn't hide like a coward. She seemed like she might not want others to know about me, so I'd hold on to that until she proved otherwise. "We've got to hurry or I'm going to be late."

"Are you sure it's smart going in there?" Killian cracked his knuckles. "Rosemary isn't known for being patient. And if she figures it out, she’ll alert her mom, Yelahiah, who happens to be a council member of Shadow City."

Which meant every leader in the city would find out about me. Dammit. "If I don't show up, then it might confirm what she suspects. And if you're right and she doesn't keep her mouth shut, then I'm going to look guilty for not coming to work." If she did start talking, I needed to know as fast as possible. The longer she ran her mouth and I didn't know, the more at risk I'd be from whomever was hunting me.

My stomach churned.

Being a rogue wolf was already taking its toll, even with Killian by my side. I couldn't imagine what it'd be like all onmy own with not even a friend. Relationships were so damn important to wolves.

"Fine, but one funny look, and we're out of there." He looked at me sternly. "You have to at least promise me that."

I was damn lucky to have found him. "Got it."

"Promise?" he pushed.

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