“And for you…” She bit her lip, thinking hard. “I’ll draw a picture of all of us. You, me, and the pretty aunt. So if you forget, you can look and remember we’re supposed to be together.”
I couldn’t speak. Adam pressed inside me as if to hold me together.
“Bring paper then,” I managed. “I’ll guard the door while you draw.”
Her face lit up. She climbed off the bed and went to the table by the window, pulling out paper and a box of crayons. I stood and opened the door a c***k.
Beta Rowan waited outside. He looked up when I stepped forward.
“Hold the corridor,” I said. “No one comes through unless I call.”
“Yes, Alpha.”
“And bring the bead kit from the nursery—the one with the star clasps.”
Rowan’s mouth twitched. “At once.”
He left quickly. I closed the door and leaned against it. M
