"What's this for?" he asked, clearly surprised.
"I don’t know. I was just worried something might happen to you," I replied, still holding onto him tightly.
"Why would you think that?" he asked, looking puzzled.
"You're the only family I have left, Dad," I said, gently pulling back so I could meet his gaze.
"And that’s precisely why I’m not going anywhere. You may be Luna, but you’re also my daughter," he said gently.
"I think someone needs to fill me in on all of this," Alpha Richmond chimed in, looking a bit puzzled.
"Walker was your mother’s mate, and he’s been the closest thing to family she’s ever known. She’s afraid that these volunteer missions might be her way of coping with his absence because he’s missing Avery," Axel explained. Walker then turned to me, a look of confu
