Keeper of the Alphas - Complete
“The sound of a bedroom door slamming shut followed soon after.
The fireplace whooshed. Lynn lifted her head—bun tucked neatly behind her—and set aside her book (A Complete Guide to the Anatomical Structure of Canis Lupus). She let it drop from her fingers and rose from the couch, leaving the fireplace to settle down to a crackle. Lynn moved up the staircase and went to her daughter’s room, marked by the glitter sign that spelled out CAMI.
“Camilla?” Lynn asked, knocking gingerly on the door.
“Leave me alone!” The young girl’s shrill voice shook with broken tears. Something crashed—a casualty of the little girl’s big temper.
Lynn took a breath, centered herself, and pushed inside. A little pink handcrafted jewelry box lay smashed to pieces on the ground. Cami had her face planted in her bed, swallowed by her oversized cable-knit sweater.
Lynn perched her legs over the edge of Cami’s bed and wordlessly curled her fingers in Cami’s thick braided hair.
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