Claire’s POV
Returning to Gideon’s pack was dangerous, I could acknowledge that. Now that Gideon knew Claire was still around, he might connect dots that I wished would otherwise remain unconnected. But I felt confident that my identity as Raven was still protected.
But even if he did harbor some suspicions, I still needed to return for Leo’s sake. I was duty bound as his mother and as his bodyguard to protect him.
Nova and I packed our bags. As the car was being loaded, with Nova ‘helping’ by securing her plush animals in the backseat, I stepped aside to speak with Ivan.
“You will have to be extremely diligent now to maintain your secret identity,” Ivan said. “Gideon will be suspicious of you. He will be looking for cracks in your story. He will be persistent and try to chip away at y
