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Tam’s face screwed up into an angry frown.
    “Of course not,” she huffed. “Why would you even think that?”
    Kyle released the breath he hadn’t realized he was holding. He hadn’t even considered the idea. Not with the way Tam looked so comfortable with Cat on her lap.
    But he’d been terrified that Tam’s already damaged mental health had been affected. She’d watched Cat shift into a wolf. That had to have made her question her sanity.
    Obviously, Tam was stronger than he’d given her credit for.
    He started to move closer, needed to look into her eyes. “ Tamra .”
    Shit, where the hell did he start? Neither of them looked injured and Tam’s eyes were clear, not dull or cloudy as if she were in shock. She stared straight into his.
    “Are you a werewolf too?”
    His heart started to pound so hard he thought his veins might burst. Everything he’d ever been taught by his parents, every internal safeguard he’d had pounded into his brain rose up to tie his tongue in knots.
    How did he answer that question? What could he tell her?
    She wasn’t part of his world. She was almost completely eteri , despite the minute trace of arus in her blood.
    She was also his . Hadn’t he already decided that? Hadn’t he already made the decision to keep her? Or at least try to keep her? Hadn’t he worried all last night about what he would do, how he would explain his life to her?
    Well, he still had a lot of explanations to give but she’d already asked the million-dollar question.
    “Kyle?”
    Cat chose that moment to stir. She snuffled, lifted her head and stared straight at him. Her whimper nearly cut his heart out.
    “ Shh , Cat. He’s not angry.” Tam leaned down and rubbed her cheek against Cat’s silky head, rubbing her hand down his daughter’s quivering back. “It’s okay.”
    Cat looked up at Tam then back at Kyle and finally at Tivr , still behind him.
    His attention focused on Cat, Kyle walked to within a foot of the girls then knelt, not wanting to tower over them.
    He smiled at Cat. “The moon’s full, isn’t it? I forgot. Not as smart as I think I am, huh? I’m sorry, baby. This isn’t your fault.”
    With one final look at Tam, his daughter stood, careful not to scratch Tam with her sharp nails, and walked over to him. Those bright blue eyes he loved so much stared at him as he ran one hand down her back.
    “It’s gonna be fine, honey.”
    “Kyle, let me take her upstairs.” Tivr walked up behind him, his voice hard.
    Cat shifted her gaze to Tivr for one brief second then back to Kyle. She shook her head. He knew that look. Determination was his daughter’s other middle name. She didn’t want Tivr’s unspoken help to shift back into her skin. She wanted to do it herself.
    But the moon still hung in the sky. And she’d only been shifting for a couple of years. She still didn’t have as much control over the moon’s power as she would when she was older.
    He didn’t say anything, just let her come to her own decision. Finally, she snorted, shaking her head, and walked over to Tivr .
    Reaching down, the god put his hand on her head and in an instant, his daughter stood before him in all her beauty, naked as the day she was born.
    Kyle reached for his shirt…and realized he didn’t have one. Tivr had already whipped his over his head and dropped it down over Cat.
    For several seconds, his daughter locked her gaze with Tivr’s and something passed between them, something Kyle couldn’t decipher. He couldn’t tell if Cat was miffed that she’d needed help or if she was silently thanking him. But when she turned to face him, he knew exactly what she was thinking. Her lips quivered before she could firm them and she blinked back tears.
    He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and pulled her in close.
    “Daddy—”
    “No, Cat. It’s okay. It’s gonna be okay.”
    He figured if he kept saying it, it would be. Hell, something had to go his way sometime, right?
    When Cat pulled