“Thanks?”
“Do you think Pauline would be okay with it? I mean—“
“She didn’t go to college because she wanted to stay with them,” I reminded him. “That’s not just loyalty. That’s love. Deep, real love. If we offer her a way to have both… I think she’ll say yes.”
Rett was silent again.
I could feel him running the numbers, imagining the logistics, the potential backlash. We both knew not all pack members were going to welcome outsiders—*humans*—moving in and setting up shop. But the elders would get in line if we endorsed them. Especially with Amber at our side.
“We’ll have to tell her mom what we are, “ he finally said.
“You think she’ll take it well?”
“I think she’ll faint.”
“We can’t even bet on it,” I said, chuckling softly. “She will faint.”
We both smiled at that. I could fee
