"You, me, and Marcus fighting together. Using your Silvermane ability to enhance our strength."
I'd almost forgotten about that. The power my mother's journal had mentioned—the ability to share strength with other wolves.
"I don't know if I can do that," I admitted.
"You can. We'll figure it out together."
After dinner, Marcus volunteered for first watch again. I suspected he was giving Kael and me privacy, and I appreciated it.
We lay out our sleeping bags close together, the fire crackling nearby.
"Tell me something," I said as we settled in. "In two hundred years, did you ever... were there others?"
"Others?"
"Other women. Relationships."
He was quiet for a moment. "There were... companions. Over the years. No one sis serious."
"Why not?"
"Because they weren't you." He rolled
