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.

absolutely news to

to you. It’s why you haven’t seen me at his pack in recent

up with all of this. And seeing you out of the blue, it’s a shock. A nice one. But…it’s been

I think.” He grins again. “But I’m not shy. And I know he never valued you.

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

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

about what happened at the

out. But I’m still not clear on how he knew

want to break out

all over the place, but I try to stay focused on the conversation. “My father’s funeral

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