Chapter 17 Markus I watched Calyx storm out of the room . I bit back a sigh of frustration . Calyx was going to talk with Ama's family . I know that it meant he was going to go torture them . A part of me wanted to go as well . He always tried to shield me from what he does . Calyx tries to treat me like I'm several years younger than him instead of minutes . I and Aziz allow them to treat us this way . We believe that Calyx and Zviad have an older brother complex that would drive the world nuts . Calyx doesn't understand that I know all about the torture he and Zviad preform . We've witnessed the brutality that they unleash . Calyx thinks that because I outspoken and wear my heart on my sleeve , I'm not as ruthless . He's wrong . I believe Aziz and I are worse . We hide it better . We have to so that way Calyx won't get suspicious . We could and have ripped through a pack of rogues with no regret of killing every single one . Calyx would have paused after he was done . We shrugged it off like it was no big deal . Goddess , we've needed our luna for so long . Ama would have been the gentleness to our rough edges . She would have calmed down our anger and been the voice of reason to us . But instead she had been held captive for years by her family . Great, now Aziz and I are pissed again . He wants to go run and let out some of his frustrations . I want to go join the torture and get in a few hits myself . ' As soon as they are back , we go for a run , ' Aziz ordered . ' Agreed , ' I stated . ' We'll run the border patrol route and maybe find a rogue or two , ' I growled at the prospect of a good fight . " Good one ? " Rose asked as she peaked an eye up at us . " I'm fine , " I stated , biting back my anger so that way she would not become scared . " Not alright , " she whispered . Rose slowly wiggled her way out from between Amalie's arms . Once she was free , she crawled over her mom and into my lap . Standing on up in my lap , Rose wrapped her arms around my neck . " Not alright . " " I'm not , Rosebud , " I whispered as I wrapped my around her . I held her tightly . Aziz and I let our anger go as we held her close . " I will be though . " " You protect us ? " Rose asked as she let us go . " Calyx and I will protect you both , " I agreed . Rose looked me in the eye and then nodded . I have no idea what she saw or what she was looking for . But I do know that she was content with what she found . " You have wolf ? " " I do , " I stated . I was not sure where she was going with her question . 1/3 " Is he good ? You good , he good ? " Rose asked . " I am good , little one , " Aziz said as I let him come forwards to speak . Rose let out a laugh and hugged me again . She then pushed herself backwards and asked , " I see you ? " " Later little pup . The room is too small , and your mom is sleeping , " Aziz stated . I held back a snicker . My big bad wolf was charmed and wrapped around the tiny pup's finger . I was kind of surprised when Aziz didn't disagree . ' I am , ' he stated with what I knew would have been a shrug if he was human . ' But I'm pretty sure you are too . ' ' Yea , that's fair , ' I agreed . " When will mommy be better ? " Rose asked , her tone becoming softer as she looked over her shoulder at her mother's sleeping form . " I don't know Rosebud . Beren is strong , but she got really hurt . It takes time for a wolf to heal their human when they get hurt this much , " I tried to explain . I knew she didn't understand most of what I was telling her . " But she will be better next time she wakes up . " " Mommy leave here soon ? " she then asked . Rose settled down into my lap and seemed content to watch Ama sleep from the safety of my lap . " Uncle Will needs to tell when she can leave , " I told her . I believe he was debating about letting her leave in the next day or two . She just needed to finish having her leg healed . " We go tell him to let mommy out , " she stated , determination dripping from her words . Rose sat up and tried to get off my lap . " It doesn't work like that , " I said as I caught her before she could escape . " No , Uncle Will says she can leave , we leave and go to Uncle Will's house , all us , " she said as she continued to try to escape . She kept wiggling to squirm out of my grasp . " Hey , hey , hey , it's not that simple . He can't just release her from the hospital . Uncle Will has to make sure that she is healing and that Beren is alright too , " I tried to comfort . I decided to overlook Rose's declaration of coming back to live with me and Calyx . Calyx , Ama , and I would have to have a conversation about that . Don't get me wrong , Aziz and I would be ecstatic for Ama and Rose to come live with us . We would finally be a family . But as much as I wanted her moving in with us , Ama would need time . 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