Eddie POV
Watching Izzy contain Aspen, he didn’t even see so much as a scratch on the woman, not one tiny little nick. All of Aspen's claws had retracted, in fact, to make sure that he didn’t hurt her. They loved her, he realised, way more than he’d thought, as much as their own mother in all likelihood.
He had not even survived unscathed; Little Aspen was a ball of fury. The moment he’d seen Brad come into that plane's bedroom to collect Piper, he did not like it; being separated from his mother at all.
Aspen and Brandon were calmer, and much more so with Izzy holding on to him, though watching her was a curiosity in itself. He had seen her snarl at both him and Cooper, even Timbers' head had been whipped up when she had done so back in Hawaii. Then to see her bow down here in the pack
