#Chapter 213: Stuck Like Glue

Alaric’s POV True to my word, I stuck to Cara’s side as much as I could. It was no great ask to keep my arm slung around her waist, her torso pressed into my side. The kids looked at us strangely, but seemed otherwise pleased with themselves, like they had somehow facilitated this. I didn’t know how to explain that this closeness was strictly to help restore Cara’s wolf, not without hurting them, so I kept that bit of info to myself. Cara didn’t explain it either. She would hold my hand or hug me, never letting me get too far. We had evidence of the closeness working, and we were both eager to have Cara’s wolf restored. I knew Cara missed her old abilities, her strength and shifting. She didn’t mention her illness, or how it could eventually kill her. I didn’t know if she even thought about it, but I did. All the time, I worried. Cara was the woman I loved and the mother of my children. I wouldn’t be able to handle her loss, not to Lilia and not to this disease. So I staye