Claire’s POV
When we arrived at Ivan’s pack house, it was still dark. The kids were so exhausted from the stress and the journey that they had fallen asleep against me in the backseat of the car. When we arrived, I carried Leo while Ivan carried Nova. We took them to their bedrooms and tucked them in.
Leo sleepily tried to hold onto me. His eyes were closed, his mind lost to dreams.
“Don’t leave me… Mommy…” he mumbled in his sleep.
Gently, I brushed my fingers through his hair. “I would never,” I promised.
That seemed to calm him. He retracted his fingers and snuggled deeper under his blankets.
Leaving him to sleep, I stepped out into the hallway and carefully closed the door behind me. While I hated taking Leo away from his father and the only place he had ever known as home, I stil
