I had been serious when I told him it wasn't safe for me or the people on the ranch if I stayed. I'd already stuck around far longer than I should have.
"Are you sure you can't stay?"
Yep, saw that coming.
"I'm sure," I replied even though my heart screamed or me to stay.
My wolf wasn't too pleased with me either.
I liked the people here and I liked the ranch. It would have been a great place for Sy to grow up, but there was too much chance of us being discovered and that would bring disaster for everyone.
"It's best for everyone if I go."
"Is it?"
I nodded. "I know you think we'll be safe here, but we won't be, and leaving is the kindest thing I can do to repay the generosity you've all shown me and Sy."
It might even keep them alive.
Rad let out a heavy sigh. "All right, if that's your final decision I won't stand in your way." His shoulders slumped as he turned toward the door. "Come downstairs. I have some things for you."
I frowned as I followed Rad out of the attic and down the stairs. I could hear Sy's excited jabbering as we walked from the second floor down to the first.
When I scanned the large great room I saw him standing near the kitchen. From the deep timber of the other voice, I took a guess that it was Ze'ev. Made sense since he tended to cook when he needed to think.
I thought Rad would lead me into the kitchen, but he took me outside instead, stopping in front of a newer black four-door Jeep Renegade. He held out his hand, a set of car keys dangling from one of his fingers.
"The jeep is registered in your name as is the insurance, which is paid for the next year."
My eyes instantly widened and I started to shake my head. "I can't." My name couldn't be on anything. That was the one sure fire way I could be tracked.
"You can." Rad grabbed my wrist and pulled me around to the front passenger door. He opened the door and then bent down to unlock a black metal box secured under the seat. He grabbed a manila envelope inside and pulled it out.
"This contains your birth certificate. It also contains Sy's birth certificate listing you as his parent. There are also social security cards for each of you."
Fear gripped me like a vice grip. "Rad, you don't understand. My name can't be listed on anything."
Rad grimaced before opening the envelope and pulling out the papers inside. I frowned when he handed them to me. "What—"
"Just read."
I glanced down at the papers in my hands. I instantly recognized the first one as a birth certificate, but the name on it was not mine. It wasn't Sy's either. "What is this?"
"Your new identity."
My head snapped up. "My what?"
"I don't know what you are afraid of or who you are running from, but I do know what it takes to fly under the radar. If you insist on leaving, I want you and Sy to be safe." Rad tapped his finger on the papers. "This is one of the ways to do that."
"Is this even legal?" I asked as I looked down at the papers again.
"Hell, no," Rad snorted. "But it'll pass an FBI level inspection."
"How did you—"
"Let's just say that I know people in interesting places, but this is why I needed you to give me a week. It took that long to get everything together."
Rad reached into the black box again, this time pulling out a smaller box. "This contains ten thousand dollars in cash. Don't lose it." He stuck the box back and then grabbed something out of the center console. "Inside your wallet is some more cash, a prepaid credit card under your new identity, your new driver's license, and a picture of you and Sy when he was a baby."
