Ari's POV

 

His voice became softened, though it only increased the worst. This pack is... a dangerous one now. Wolves are dying. People are tense. Mistakes happen." He tilted his head. "Sometimes... accidents happen."

 

I could see my sweat on my palms. "What are you implying?"

 

He had come so near that the puff of his breath touched my cheek. "You have a child, don't you?"

 

My heart stopped.

 

Harriet.

 

It made him smile deeper to see the fear in my eyes. "Children are delicate. Very easy to... lose."

 

A cold wave spread through me.

 

"If you threaten my daughter--"

 

Nobody was threatening anybody, he broke in. The thing is,...