Chapter 40

Take me away?

“I’m sorry,” I say. “I think I’m just surprised to see you.” I still don’t know how he even knew to find me here. I haven’t seen this man or spoken to him in years. “What do you mean, ‘take me away?”” I ask.

He shrugs. “I’m thinking you might want to not be fought over like a scrap of meat for a while.”

He’s strong and handsome, and, I suspect, very accustomed to getting what he wants, at least from females. “But why? Why

me?”

His smile is lopsided and amused. “You have to know that I always had a crush on you.”

What? No.

is absolutely news

you haven’t seen me at his pack in

“I’m sorry. I’m having a hard time keeping up with all of this. And seeing you

“But I’m not shy. And I know he never valued you. Not the way he should have, anyway.”

around a lot, but those visits stopped shortly after I married Aaron.

to hang out and be a fixture within our pack, but Aaron refused to talk about it.

what happened at the Council meeting.”

the timing, I guess. Or at least why he might seek me out. But I’m still not clear on how he knew to find

what do you say, want to break out of here for a

all over the place, but I try to stay focused

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