Chapter 113

Kane’s POV:

I can feel Willow’s apprehension. She’s not in the mood for my mother, or anyone else for that matter, and the right thing to do would be to kick my mother out and be done with it. “Mother,” I say. “Willow is tired. You know better than anyone else how difficult the pregnancy was. Come back some other time. You’ve met the pup, now give us some time to settle in.”

“After everything I’ve done to get her through the pregnancy, she can give me ten minutes of her time.”

Helpless, I look at Willow, who just shrugs and nods. “Fine. Say what you want to say, mother.”

“He can’t stay up here with you. It’s…unseemly,” Erica starts.

I narrow my eyes at my mother. “That’s an old custom, mother. No one cares anymore.”

She huffs and stares daggers at me. “That’s our family’s tradition.”

“I’m not letting a bunch of strange she-wolves raise my baby,” Willow says.

My mother’s mouth pulls down in disgust. “I am not a stranger.”

Willow’s eyes flit to me then back to my mother. “What do you me