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how he will deal with this situation.”
    A slight sound came from the hall. Margot, dressed in warm clothes, stood next to Malina. Mathis held his hand out and she hurried to his side. He slipped her under his shoulder where he could keep her close. She hadn’t said much since their mating and he hoped she wasn’t regretting the circumstances.
    "Ujuk!" Mathis’s mother called. Mathis stepped back as the front door opened and the men he saw outside came in along with his two brothers. Talking loudly, the men went into the kitchen. His father and grandfathers joined them. Margot looked up at him in question.
    “The men normally eat first. I’ll wait and eat with you. Mother will make sure there is enough for everyone. Malina, why don’t you show me my new little sister while we wait.”
     

Chapter Five
     
    “She’s beautiful,” Margot said looking down at the sleeping child. Cybille lay on her side, her hand under her cheek. Her dark hair lay in ringlets around her head. Margot noticed the resemblance to Mathis in the strong nose and jaw.
    “She is amarok, like me, and only two years old. Father needs me to find someone to adopt her.” Mathis frowned, his eyes sad.
    “What? Why?” Margot asked confused. How could his parents not want to keep such a beautiful child? She’d always wanted a daughter.
    “It isn’t safe for her to stay here. My uncle is stirring up dissent against the lycans. Any wolf shifter, even one who is half nanuk will be ostracized by him and his followers.”
    “How can he do that? She’s his niece, his family. We could already have a child Cybille’s age, if you hadn’t hidden the mating bond. Let me have her. I’ll raise her.” Margot looked from Cybille to Mathis. She reached for his hand linking them together. Would he trust her to raise his sister? She’d never wanted anything more than this chance. Her heart ached for the little girl who would be torn from her family.
    “This is a child, Margot. Once you take on this responsibility, it’s yours for life. Are you ready for that? Are you willing to make the necessary sacrifices?”
    “You did want to have pups one day, didn’t you, Mathis? We would be starting our family early, that’s all.” Margot smiled up at her mate. She could feel through the mating bond how much he wanted to keep his sister with them. He too ached for the little girl.
    “It will break my mother’s heart to send Cybille away. I hope it will help if she knows the child will be raised by family. Come on, the men are finished. I heard the front door close. Let’s go to the kitchen and talk with mother about this.”
     
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    They walked into the kitchen to find his mother crying in the arms of his father. Mathis’s heart clenched, feeling her pain. He remembered the tears she’d shed over his leaving, tears they’d both shed as they had clung to one another. His mother gave up her pack for his father and then she had to give up her lycan children.
    “Taliriktug, Cybille is just a baby, mon petit bébé .”
    “I know, Nicole. I’m sorry. It’s for her safety that I send her away, you know that. Mathis will find her a fine home, with a family and pack that will love her. He will make sure our baby does well in her new home.”
    “Cybille will stay with us,” Mathis said from the doorway. “Margot has agreed to raise her as our own. You can visit her anytime you want, Mother. In fact, perhaps you should come and stay with us permanently.” He would gladly build them a home on the mountain.
    “You know I can’t leave your father. We are mated as you and Margot are. I wouldn’t want to live without him.” His mother wiped tears from her face. Margot put her arm around his mother. His father’s head lowered as he stood helplessly next to his mate.
    “Why don’t you all come?” At least they would be safe from his uncle’s plots.
    “No, son.” His father shook his head. His face stricken. “The nanuk must hunt the seal to stay