Chapter 35 Iris Decision

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• The journey back to Moonbay was tense and filled with unspoken emotions and the ghosts of what might have been. Iris was left with a sort of dread that had made itself at home in her chest, a constriction that only grew more intense the closer they got to the boundary of her old pack.
• In the carriage, she sat, holding the twins close, their small, warm bodies bringing her back to the here and now. Erin could feel his comforting hand on her knee. The twins remained calm in their childlike world of basic needs and fulfilment, unaware of their mother's emotions. Iris's thoughts were racing.