Fortunately, I didn’t feel that I had to point out to Julian that his daughter was more important than his appearance in his pack. He already knew that. His saying so, valuing Alice and me above his pack, was part of the reason we were all dealing with such fallout now.
Julian glanced at me, worry in his eyes. “Would you want to go back with her?”
“No,” I said. I reached out and took his hand in mine. “I’m not going anywhere, not without you. We are a team now. But Alice… this is too much for her. I just want her to be happy.”
“I agree,” he said. “Let’s contact Rafael and see if he’d be willing to take her in until this all blows over.”
“No!” Alice cried out, suddenly appearing at the doorway.
Such a sneaky girl. Even though I had chosen to speak in the kitchen because it was so far o
