And then she thought about how she could so easily forgive him. Honestly, if it had been a human man who just wanted to get his rocks off, she'd have cursed him to hell and back. But Deucalion was a different entity entirely. Somehow, she knew the wolf was protecting him. What she couldn't understand was, why rape? It would have made more sense for the wolf to kill her. In the grand scheme of things, she'd actually gotten lucky.
Just as the oven dinged, Allison scooped up Casey in her arms, tickling her as they moved back into the kitchen. Allison put her down and took the cookies out.
"Smells good in here," a low voice said.
Allison's smile dimmed as she looked over to see Deucalion standing there. When their eyes met, she could see the apology screaming from his eyes, as she did every
