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..."

he was not only pondering this information

the competition that I didn't notice those things a few weeks ago," I continued. "But Tabby had noticed. Her, Sherry, and Chuck are from the same pack, and they've grown closer since the competition. She's been confiding in Sherry about Sammy's strange behavior, and because Sherry works as an investigator

darker by the second. He didn't like what he was

to my attention just now?" Gavin asked, his eyes

to me until today. It's why she's here. They agreed to look more into Sammy after the competition, and they were true to

find out? That she's a spy?" Gavin

I shook my head.

Ethan, 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 friend to do that..." My voice cracked when I spoke that

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

friends... they couldn't find

and for the first time since seeing that photo of Ethan and Sammy together, my wolf was completely at ease. It was a strange effect that Gavin had on my

hated that Ethan still affected her so much; I was glad that the pain of him being intimate with others no longer hurt her... but that didn't mean being near

attention on us and his arms

Gavin finally asked after

lonet

airport on our way to the competition, she mentioned that her boyfriend was competing, and she was going to support 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.

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