The doctor would be by today to confirm the virginity claim. Claudia only feared the storm might cause a delay.
In truth, Claudia wanted Sera to spend more time with Eric—much more. Not because she was matchmaking (though, yes, she absolutely was), but because Eric's reactions to the girl were… unprecedented. He was unnerved by her.
It was delightful.
Since taking leadership of the house and becoming Alpha, a title he still vehemently refused to accept, he'd become even more closed-off.
But tradition was tradition: only the Blackwoods were ordained by the Moon Goddess to lead the pack. The mark, the power, the ancestral fire ran through them alone.
She opened the door quietly, determined only to check on the girl.
What she saw shocked her to the marrow of her bones.
But in the best way possible.
Her mouth fell open, then curved into the slowest, warmest smile she'd made in years.
