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.

I know, she’s been alone for at least as long as Leah has lived beneath this roof in

of the wolves. They attacked me that fateful day, but

ie to ki

do something

me in the eye.

slam my hand on the table.

shatter and the

do anything!”

I think she played a part or she

my fingertips and I feel my

from the dining room, terrified. But there is nowhere she can go or hide where I won’t

flying into the sideboard. The food

He lets out a low whistle. “Chef spent

partially shifted but I’m coherent enough to speak.

should shift fully and run. I need to get this rage out of my system so I can think and act rationally, because

are.

ll one of

least not yet.

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