Chapter 3 DANE Hearing that , I relaxed .

Ann hated Evelyn the woman whod saved my life .

The one I truly loved .

Shed never try to leave me .

It would mean letting Evelyn win .

As soft as Ann pretended to be , there was steel in her .

I knew it .

She didnt want me to cut the ribbon .

She was just desperate for attention , like she always was .

Id teach her not to pull this sh * t with me .

Besides , in that moment , being free didnt sound all that bad .

Youre going to regret this .

Without me , you have no connection .

to wolves at all .

Remember that .

I gave her a casual smile .

Then I sliced the ribbon with my claws .

It fell in two neat pieces on the ground .

There was a sound like flames snapping , a burst of heat .

The threads of magic in the ribbon flickered out .

Then Ann was gone from my mind .

For a second , I felt blank .

Like the deepest part of me was torn away .

I fought not to Chapter 3 stagger .

My stomach lurched .

I swallowed down bile .

Still reeling , I took out my black card and threw it at her .

2/8 Consider that payment for your … services .

I smirked , covering how unsteady I was .

Now clean yourself up .

Im going to find Evelyn .

I think I need the company of a woman who knows how to please me .

That would show her for trying to bait me .

I turned and left the room .

As I closed the door , I heard a muffled sob .

It was the most heartbroken sound Id ever heard .

I froze .

I wondered if I was wrong about everything .

Was Ann a victim of her family ? Did she truly love me ? No.

It couldnt be .

bullsh *

was a liar

were thieves

Let her cry .

never actually

around , begging me to f * ck her again

back my family

Chapter 3 undo all the damage and trauma

growled and

… liked

He craved her .

passion and instinct , and I had to rely on my human side to

Which meant .

walking

to find the woman I actually owed my life to : Evelyn

so terrible

and sobbed in huge , heaving gasps for

spent and couldnt cry anymore

wished there was someone for me

A friend .

My family .

I had no friends , and my family was a pit of poisonous

to

,

that he would

stood on

4/8 Instead of dwelling on the unbearable pain in both my body and soul , I

I left the office above the club and got a

was another one of

me live in the city , away from the land and the wood wild places

didnt have a wolf anymore , taking me away the

wanted , because he thought I was one of the people who had gutted him and his pack three

never even thought about the morning after pill I left

about pregnancy at all

was far too

night after seeing Evelyn I went

didnt see Ann

didnt think about

worked , trying to make my time in

5/8 I sent a car for Ann later that day , since I

him on Blue Ridge

, but I

, sprawling mansion ju setting , checked in with my beta , Archer Fox , then drove farther up the mountain to my

he

of the valley and its sparkling lake

outside , puttering in

was at its peak , and the whole place

? They were the first , grumpy words

I looked around .

her here , with

people , but

tried to tell him a thousand times what a conniving liar she was , but he

to be here , I said

a car

has something to do

cell

I caught the thing before it smashed into my

a picture of Evelyn from last

with me

had my arm around her waist , and we were so close we were almost kissing

I scrolled up .

news article on one of

Award winning Cozy

face last night when Id finally f *

twisting that knife

had to

I handed it back to my

care of

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