She had to hurry to keep up with him as he went out to the truck. Once they were seated and the engine was running, she shifted in the seat to face him. One hand took one of his and pulled it into her lap as their fingers laced together. “You’re not going to die. I won’t let that happen. We’re not going to let anything happen to your mom or Sofie either.” She lifted his hand and pressed a few soft kisses to his knuckles. “I don’t know what we’re doing here, Blake, I’ll be completely honest. But I do know that whatever happens, I can’t picture my life without you in it.”<br/><br/>It was strange to have such strong feelings in such a relatively short amount of time but what she said was true. There had been times during their ordeal when she’d pause to look at him and wonder what the years would bring them, what it would be like to spend the holidays with his mom.<br/><br/>“Now..we have an hour to figure out exactly what to do next. Do we go hunker down with your mom and make a stand when they inevitably show up? Do we go hide somewhere ourselves and trust your mom to take care of herself? Do you still want to be like me?”<br/><br/>It had been mentioned in passing a few times but if that was the decision he made, Amaris wanted him to be positive beyond a shadow of a doubt. It wasn’t going to be fun and games. It was going to hurt and he was going to have to learn to control his new abilities. Not to mention the emotional impact. Her actions had made it clear that she had left her pack. If he chose to join her, they would be creating their own new pack, one that would be locked in battle to establish dominance over the other. She wasn’t quite sure how to explain this to him. It was feelings and knowledge that were hard to put into words. She could only hope that his study of wolves had given him some of this understanding.