Emily's story was followed by stupefied silence. Emily and Emma held each other in speechlessness. They were dumbfounded too.
"Twenty-one winters, Emily you couldn't write a letter to Ashley Ashford and tell him you have a pup for him?" Brandon asked feeling somewhat angered.
"I was scared it might get into the wrong hands, especially rival packs within the council. It would have been misconstrued and he doesn't deserve that. I don't want to be the reason for his royal scandal.
Just when Brandon thought he had sacrificed a little just to be with the only wolf he love, he met somewolf who sacrificed everything to protect the image of the father of her pup. She was right. If she had written a letter and it eventually got into the wrong hands, the news would have spread across territories for winters.
