chapter 94

sable

As my mates all head toward the door, Elder Jihoon pauses at my side and takes my hand. He pats the back of it gently, a knowing smile on his face.

“I told you,” he murmurs. “I knew there was wolf in you, girl.”

I nod my head in something like a bow, because his old-world presence has that effect on me. “You did tell me.”

“You could have warned us about the witch though,” Trystan says, turning around to come back for me. He drapes an arm over my shoulders and presses a kiss to my hair, then herds me toward the door before Jihoon has a chance to reply.

“Don’t sass the elders,” I chastise him as we pass through the large door into the golden light of the afternoon.

He just chuckles, and we walk side by side away from the meeting house, making the short walk to Elder Jihoon’s home.

The last time I was inside the elder’s tiny, cramped shack, it was heavy with the scent of incense, and I ended up racing from the room in a panic attack. Luckily, I’ve learned how to balance my emotions