IN A WAR TO HAVE HER.

cy'

or a long period of time. I wasn't downsta

rd a voice coming from the parlor. One of the voices is

d has a hostile voice, which makes him sound

My mother told me she feared marrying him because of his

hange because he is u

voice was getting louder. For my dad to calm down, speaking

scent, and it tells me

in on their conver

m the next town over. "If I don't have my money by the time I count fi

ybe a little. Mostly, it keeps reminding me that there co

ow what was going on, but on the contrary, I should

dge from my spot in the bathroom. I'm not paralyzed by fear or anything like that. Ok

d he doesn't give a damn about me as much

other saving me. It's only fair that I return t

the sitting room. He's had years of practice, so

ourself here

that it doesn't really bother

Still, I jumped out of my bathroom, left the clean

o long obeying an order, there will be consequences. If Dad somehow m

whatever money Dad owes. We're so short on cash that even with the little job I am doing,

, we'd starve. Anyway, the fact that we have a money bag, we keep mo

to blame me and say I stole the money? Actually, kno

fore the wolf for something I know nothing about. My hear

expect Dad to be concerned about my well-being, but st

proach, and there's a small chance, fingers crossed, that Dad just wants me to fetch someth

ne of the largest werewolves I've ever seen. He's i

nd muscular, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't have an ounce of fat beneath his jeans and blac

My overall impression is that he's big, wild, and could be very da

Unlike his rival, Dad doesn't look like much. H

or nine months pregnant. Okay, fine, maybe more like seven. My

contributed to having a big Belly. Dad also clubs and lives a reckless

a blue T-shirt. I carefully walk up to Dad. When I stopped next t

of such nature, at least not since my mother died. If it has happen

makes me shudder in disgust. Then I catch a whiff of hope laced

ke: "Please don't hurt me,

ll my eyes at

I have for why Dad is su

l in response. It could be his way of saying "nice to meet you," but I doubt it.

cing himself, so I settle

name is

ad adds wi

n years. When I started school, a few kids shortened my name to

hat everyone was c

der, why is he usi

fications that she's worth he

luable as gold if measured by weight. Like, if you wanted to buy a pound of N

y name. I still remember how she

e now, she'd regret calling me Nancy, since I'll never amount to much. I still like the name t

His jaw is tense, a vein in his forehead is throbbing, and his hands ar

his anger out on me, not just Dad, so I a

Wolf's protective nature, dampening their urge to attack. I have triggered a Wolf's protective nature,

a whimper. DMC's expression softens briefly, but for him, it's just a dominant Wolf M

ourself!"

suddenly start praising me when he always sa

esn't behave like this to me. As he continued speaking, he