Chapter 143

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” I asked.

“I wouldn’t propose it otherwise. Do you want to do it?” he insisted, and approached me slowly, with an air that for a moment felt like the aura of a predator. That was curious, because he never used that ability on me. “Do you want to be part of this, Johanna?”

“What are you talking about?” I asked, and raised my eyebrows in surprise.

“After everything that has happened in the last months and years, of everything you have seen and I have taught you, of what is right now before your eyes, even… I know that this is big and can overwhelm a little, but I need to know if, despite everything, you are willing to move forward and join my family. Do you want to continue with me?”

“Ivan, I…” I stayed silent again. That was becoming a habit for me, and not a pleasant one, precisely. Then I noticed the nervousness that now dominated Ivan, in the subtle trembling of his lips. “Wait, wait, is this the werewolves’ way of proposi