He fell silent for a while as we both sat with our thoughts. I had no idea what kind of solution I was going to find for our newest problem of appearance, and he was probably terrified at the thought of someone seeing us. That had been the very first thing I taught him: if anyone saw him in his human form, he should never let them see his wolf-child form; and if anyone saw him as a wolf-child, they must never see him as a human boy. At least not until I gave him permission to break the secret.
Even so, once again, my son surprised me.
“Why did that monster leave just like that? I thought he was going to kill us.”
“Maybe he made the mistake of underestimating us. Especially you.” I smoothed the fur between his ears with my fingers. It stuck up in a straight ridge down the center of his s
