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until they were less than a foot apart. I can’t. I looked forward to you being in my dreams. I spent my days with Hannah and my nights with you. I had the best of both worlds.
    “And now?” Caelum asked him, his breath halting in his lungs as he waited for Ippy’s answer.
    Ippy gave him a little half smile. And now you’re here and she’s here and I can’t believe it. You both say you love me and I’m scared to believe that. I’m insecure and I’m not comfortable in my own skin most of the time. Before I learned how to bond with my wolf I wouldn’t have even been able to do any of this. I could barely touch you the first time we met. I wanted to, but doing so freaked me out. I haven’t had an episode like that in over a year. It’s like my wolf calms me. He helps me put the world into a box that I can understand. Only the three of us don’t fit in that box, and sometimes I’m scared. And, also, I’m rambling right now.
    Caelum watched as Ippy’s cheeks turned a dark pink and Ippy shook his head. He could hear Ippy chuckling in his mind, though his face gave away none of it as he turned away. Caelum was quick to place a kiss on Ippy’s heated cheek. “You are beautiful and wonderful,” he whispered in Ippy’s ear before stepping away.
    I don’t believe you, Ippy was quick to say.
    “Because you think I’m lying?” Caelum asked him softly.
    Ippy shook his head. Because I’m not worthy of such a thing. You’re a selkie and gorgeous. Hannah is smart and spirited, and the most powerful child in the pack. She can put a full grown wolf in his or her place with just a look and no one messes with her. And I’m —
    Caelum didn’t want to hear any more of Ippy’s self-depreciating talk. He shook his head and put his fingers over Ippy’s mouth. Even though the words didn’t come out of Ippy’s lips, Caelum figured that he’d get the message anyway. “If I wasn’t a selkie and you weren’t a werewolf and Hannah was just a girl that we both loved, would you still feel this way? That you are somehow unequal to us? Somehow less than us?” Caelum asked him, his words coming out in a frustrated hiss.
    Ippy frowned at him and Caelum dropped his hand. The what ifs don’t matter. I am what I am. You are what you are. And Hannah can’t change who she is, either.
    Caelum pressed his lips together and shook his head before replying. “I will not do this with you, Ippy. You’ve always been the same to me. You’ve always been mine. My werewolf. The boy I wanted to kiss when I was so lonely and you two fell into my life. You are my equal. I’m not a wolf, and your social structure means nothing to me. I only know you as the boy that I love and I only know Hannah as the girl that I love. I don’t know how to make you see that, and I won’t fight you if you refuse to believe me.”
    Ippy’s eyes filled with tears and Caelum felt like shit for making him cry, but then Ippy threw himself into his arms and Caelum had to brace himself before Ippy knocked him over. Caelum hugged him as tight as he could, refusing to let go as Ippy’s shoulders shook and his tears soaked Caelum’s shoulder.
    Do you mean it? Really? Ippy whispered into his mind.
    Caelum kissed his temple, then the side of his head, before dropping his lips to the side of Ippy’s neck and kissing him there, too. “Yes. I wouldn’t have said it otherwise. You both mean everything to me. You are my everything.”
    Thank you.
    The bedroom door across from them opened and Caelum didn’t release Ippy as he looked up at Hannah. She gave him a soft smile and a little wave. He lifted a few of his fingers off Ippy’s back to wave at her as well.
    “Caelum, how big is your bed?” she asked him as she walked toward them.
    He knew the answer without question, but also didn’t think she was ready for what she was offering. “You don’t want that.”
    Hannah shook her head and added her hand to Ippy’s back. “Not for everything. But I don’t want