I squeezed my eyes shut when his arms tightened around me.

My eyes beamed. I snuggled my head in his chest, and his arms to hide my tears. His gesture warmed my heart when he wished me a ‘Happy Birthday’.

“What would you like for your Happy Birthday?” When he asked and waited for a few minutes for my response. “Oh, you can’t talk right now, can you?” He gently dropped me on the floor.

What is he doing? Is he abandoning me because I can’t talk in my wolf's form yet?

I couldn’t talk in my wolf's form because I hadn’t developed properly. I was still young and the...