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She smiled "I’m not even sure that wolves can turn into va that could be done with the assistance of the black witches… But honestly, I’ so cold all the tirimly

"Hey, Aiden!" a familiar voice called from outside the cabin

I walked over to the door and opened it Claudia stood on s you here, Mrs Lazaroff?"

She cast a fleeting glance over my shoulder into the cabin and waved at Kailyn "Hi, Kailyn," she said

The wolf appeared at ave Claudia a smile "Hello"

Claudia looked back at me "Well, as you know, Yuri and I have some… business to do"

She paused

"And?" I prompted

"And it means that not only will he and I turn back into hu to leave this island for a while Like Xavier and Vivienne, Yuri and I didn’t ever have a proper honeymoon We were stuck on this island as va We’ll take the cure and leave right afterward--assu we recover quickly So… I wanted to invite you round now, to catch up on a few things and to say goodbye"

"Oh, I see" I looked down at Kailyn "Would you like to come?"

Claudia cleared her throat "Yuri wanted to have a bit of private time with you You know, o, Aiden I’ll stay here, or Iin with Micah"

"Okay, I’llbefore setting off with Claudia down the lance "Man to man?"

"Well, I’ll be in on the conversation too but…" Her voice trailed off "Kailyn," she mouthed silently I had no idea why the couple would want to talk to me about Kailyn But noasn’t the time to press We had to reach the treehouse, where ould be far enough from Kailyn for there to be too uish our voices

We reached the couple’s treehouse in a h the doorway, Claudia called out, "Baby"

Yuri strolled into the entryway He gavedown on the couch, gesturing that I do the same I sat down in an armchair opposite him while Claudia sat next to him

"Glad you couldthe island tomorrow"