Chapter Nine
“No, no. Mom.” Cass’s whimper pulled me from sleep. She’d shifted around during the night until she was facing me, our bodies tangled together. In sleep, she looked young, and it made me wonder just how old my mate was. “Dad, please I’m sorry.”
Her words cut something inside of me, I pulled her closer. Running my hand up and down her back. I wondered what had happened with her and her parents that haunted her to make her cry out for them in her sleep. A part of me wanted to find them, to punish them for making her feel like this.
Instead, I shushed her. Soothing her until she relaxed, cuddling her against my chest. I rested my chin on top of her head. Listening to her breathing even out as she slipped back into a dreamless sleep.
There was a knock on my door. With a low
