Judy's POV

"What do you mean she's working against your family? I know she's been talking to Ethan behind your back, but does that mean she's working with him?" Gavin asked, his voice being reasonable.

When Nan sent me that photo of Ethan and Sammy talking in the coffee shop, I showed it to Gavin around that same time.

"Tabby and some of the others are back at the mansion," I explained. "They came here to tell me that they suspect Sammy is some kind of spy."

"That's a serious accusation," he said, his tone darkening as his brows furrowed. He studied my face for a long while, trying to detect a hint of deception.

"Since she's been here, I've noticed that Sammy has been acting strangely. Secret phone calls, disappearing at all hours, sketchy behavior..."

"What kind of sketchy behavior?"

I nibbled on my lower lip.

"I caught her snooping through my things the other night,” I told him. "Things like that..."

my words, and I could tell he was not only pondering this

grown closer since the competition. She's been confiding in Sherry about Sammy's strange behavior, and because Sherry works as an investigator for the pack, she agreed to help

with each word I said, his eyes growing darker by the second. He didn't like what he was hearing so

attention just now?" Gavin asked, his eyes

just finding out about it now," I told him honestly. "Tabby hadn't mentioned any of this to me until today. It's why she's

did they find out? That she's a

I shook my head.

I think she's one of his spies. I think he's trying to get my family into troubl@again... make me dependent on him or something. Using someone I thought was my

don't know that for sure, though?" Gavin asked, his hands coming up to my face; his thumb gently brushed across my cheekbone. Though his eyes were still dark and searching my face for answers, I could also see the worry and compassion in them, causing my heart to skip

knows anything," I admit to him. "Her home life...... family, pack... friends... they couldn't find a thing on her. It's like

first time since seeing that photo of Ethan and Sammy

I was glad that the pain of him being intimate with others no longer hurt her... but that didn't mean being near him or seeing images

presence, having his attention on us and his arms around me, feeling his touch and warmth... it settled her in a way that I couldn't

find out anything?" Gavin finally asked after a beat of silence.

lonet

him. He was in a different group from me, so I never got to meet him. I was so focused on competing that I never noticed any strange behavior. But Tabby and Sherry found out that he didn't exist. She never had a boyfriend there. She was there

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