Kade smiles. "I don't need to glow as much anymore. Your mama is glowing for both of us."
Asher considers this, then nods, satisfied with the logic. "Can we go eat now? I'm hungry."
"We can go eat," I say, laughing softly. The sound feels strange in my chest, lighter than it has in months.
As we stand and walk toward the pack house, I look toward the edge of the courtyard.
Lilith is standing there.
She is dressed in simple traveling clothes, a small pack slung over her shoulder. She is not looking at us with hostility, nor with the intense, calculating gaze of a rival. She looks tired. She looks like a woman who has finally put down a burden she has carried for centuries.
I stop walking. Kade stops with me.
Lilith walks toward us, stopping a few feet away. She looks at Asher, then a
