Chapter 42

I barely made it out of the settlement before something large and heavy knocks into me from the side. Knocking both myself and Rosalie sprawling across the floor.

I am quick to get back up onto my feet and stand over Rosalie in a protective stance, my teeth barred as a wolf comes into view.

A black wolf stands before me, so like my own it was uncanny. My mother had always joked that me and my uncle were so alike that if she hadn’t given birth to me, she should wonder that I was William’s son after all. And now, seeing him standing before me once again, I could understand why.

The only different between us. Was the grotesque scar that ran the length of his face, and the milky white eye from a long-ago injury.  

He shifted back into his human self. Gesturing for me to do the same. Reluctantly I followed his suit. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to communicate with him unless I could talk, but I was reluctant to leave Rosalie unprotected.

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