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Lilly took a deep breath "Your father is a Canis lupus, a olf"

When Jacque didn’t respond Lilly just continued "I knew there was soer we dated, the ht I just asked him, ‘What are you?’ And he told me At first, naturally, I didn’t believe him, but then he showed me his wolf and he was beautiful Over time, he told me more and more about his culture and species I knew one day he would leave because he would find his true mate He was honest with me about it and I chose to stay with him anyway because I felt that whatever time I could have with him was better than none at all"

Lilly paused for athere staring at the table in front of her Fane took one of her hands and looked like he aiting for her to go into hysterics at any

Lilly continued "Three days before he left I found out I was pregnant with you I was going to tell hiot ho for me instead of him" Jacque looked up at her mother when her voice wavered and saw she had tears in her eyes

She realized then that her h he’s a Canis Lup-whatever, she thought to herself

"Canis lupus,to you, was I? No, I was not I was thinking to myself So if you don’t rowled

Fane just squeezed her hand and this angered Jacque even , she just wanted to be pissed off

Lily pulled herself together and when Jacque still did not say anything she said, "I had no idea ould happen to you as half Canis lupus I didn’t know if I would come in your room one day and find a wolf puppy in your crib As time went on and you seeo When you hit puberty I orried e in you, but it didn’t and I thought ere home free And then," Lilly looked at Fane, there was no conde, and I knew all my hope was in vain"

Fane looked Lilly in the eye and told her, "I aht your fears to pass, but I am not sorry to have found Jacquelyn She is ht You know she will not be complete without me, nor I without her"

Lilly nodded "I know this, Fane At first I was angry and scared However, now that I have spent soood er be a boy, you have to protect irl" Her voice sounded almost desperate now

Jacque’s head snapped up when she heard her mom’s tone and saw the fear in her eyes

"Okay," Jacque started, taking a deep breath, "give me just a moment, ok? Let me process this…out loud" She turned her head to look at Fane "You, Casanova, give o of her hand and h only a tiny bit Jacque rolled her eyes

"So my father turns all hairy once ahter but pulled it together when Lilly glared at thes you think you know about olves are false Canis lupus can phase – they don’t call it changing – whenever they want to They can phase their whole body into wolf for to do with the s, and she definitely found the whole olves-being-real bit interesting She was past the whole trek down hway of the unbelievable

"I can’t phase though, right?" Jacque asked apprehensively

"No," Lilly, Fane, and Sorin all said at the same time