Chapter 37

Jessica pales.

She’s like a fawn. Her eyes dart around nervously, but there is nowhere to go.

“I asked you a question.”

She licks her lips to moisten them. It’s one of her nervous habits. “I, uh, just meant that they didn’t stand a chance against us.

I look at her as if seeing her for the first time. It’s true she’s always underfoot and I’m as familiar with her as I am with myself.

But I don’t know that I’ve really seen her.

Not in a very long time.

“Are you happy, Jess?”

If my first question made her nervous, this one has her even more unsettled. She bites her lip hard and lowers her gaze.

twenty-nine years old. And, as far as I know, she’s been alone for at least as long as Leah has lived beneath this

They attacked

to d ie to ki ll

you do something

in the eye. Her gaze skits

I slam my hand on the table.

over and shatter and the dishes jump.

anything!” she insists.

played a part or

I feel

terrified. But there is nowhere she can go or hide where I won’t find her.

flip the giant table, sending it flying into the sideboard. The food and glass and

strolls into the room. He lets out a low whistle. “Chef spent hours on that

partially shifted but I’m coherent enough to speak. “Was it

rage out of my system so I can think and act rationally,

are.

one of my own packmates, if I can help it.

not yet.

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