Chapter 16 Strangers

Jane

Staring at my ex-husband, who idly sits in his car and orders me into the back seat as if he’s some kind of king, I arch my brow. “Thank you, but no.”

“It’s hard to get a taxi around here.” Ethan argues. “There’s no need to be stubborn.”

Stubborn? Honestly, the nerve of the man. “And there’s no need for you to call me names.”

Ethan turns to say something to his driver, and the car slows to a stop. Within moments the Alpha is standing beside me on the curb. He moves too close, towering over me so that I have to tilt my head to look up at him. “Is it name calling if it’s true?”

“You tell me?” I demand. “If I say you are a self-righteous bastard, do you think I’m being honest or rude?”

I’m not sure what I expected. In fact, I’m astonished I had the nerve to speak such brazen words, but I do know that the last thing I was prepared for is the wide, wolfish grin Ethan offers me now. “You’ve got some nerve, little wolf.”

“I would ask that you not speak to me on such familiar terms.” || bite, “It’s far from appropriate… for strangers like us.”

Ethan rakes his gaze down my body from head to toe, with tortuous intensity. “Is that what we are?”

car pulls up beside us. If I hadn’t been in such a rush to get out of there I

my former mate one last glance over my shoulder. “And it’s

I’m safely in the car. Protected by the dark, tinted windows, I stare out at Ethan as we pull away. If I didn’t know any better I’d think he could see through the thick glass. His attention stays squarely on me until we are far out of sight, but no matter the distance

hairs on the back of my neck stand on end, and my heart beat miles too fast. It isn’t fair that he should be able to have such an effect on me after so many years. I feel like a young girl again, the foolish

thoughts from my mind almost as soon as they occur, 1 know better now. Far better. That isn’t a mistake

Ethan

I can’t stop smiling.

now that my wife faked her death and hid for me for years, and

defies all logic. There is no omega left in her, if there ever was at all. This Jane would never let me dominate her so completely, she would fight me

without strength. She did attack Eve for trying to help my mother….

My mother and Eve both told

alive and well, and I intend to bring her home, no matter the cost. Paisley needs

enigmatic she wolf’s secrets if it’s the last thing I do. She is everything I’ve

and making her whimper and moan in my arms. My wolf is growling hungrily at the mere thought, and I picture laying her out in front of me and devouring her like the feast

Because as far as I’m concerned, that’s all it is: A matter

Jane

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