The intensity of her relationship with Caan will be exasperated by the arrival of these cubs. Iglux̂ does not expect her babies to repair the damage. She’d spent three weeks brooding over this change in her life, but she had not considered what Caan’s involvement would be.
Still, there is no use in anticipating recoil. The boy is his own, and he would make his own decision. The spirit in her flesh is content as she receives him, black eyes blinking softly up, unguarded in the way her belly gently swells.



