Chapter 21 Ethan Gots a Aath

Jane

If I didn’t know any better, I’d think it was five years ago.

I’m standing in the hallway with tears streaming down my face, feeling every bit as weak and powerless as I did when Ethan and I were married. How does this man always do this to me? Why do I fall for it every time? He wasn’t even sober! I was,

and he still got the better of me.

Stars, it makes me so angry. It isn’t fair. It isn’t right that I’m still helpless to resist him after all this time. I’ve been telling my self for years now that I’d be immune to his charms if we ever met again, that I’d learned my lesson the hard way and wouldn’t soon forget it. So much for that.

I’m still wallowing in my self-imposed misery when I hear a chair scrape across the floor on the other side of the door. Smashing the vase must have made too much noise and woken the pups. I know my sons, and I’m certain they’re currently clam bering onto the chair to spy on us.

I run off before they can see me crying, darting away down the stairs without a single thought for my ex-husband. It’s only lat er, after my senses return and logic sinks in, that I realize they’ll have seen Ehan and run for Linda. The knowledge keeps me away from the house for much longer than I would otherwise considered hiding. I can only pray that he’s gone by the time I get

home.

3rd Person

As soon as Jane ran away down the stairs, Ryder and Parker yanked the door open and rushed over to Ethan, looking down at him in confusion. The planter Jane smashed over his head lay in shards beneath him, the flowers it once held crumpled and crushed by his big body. His clothes were covered in dirt, still damp from being watered a few hours earlier.

“What happened?” Parker asked his brother, bending over the handsome alpha and studying him intently. “Why’d Mommy do that?”

“I guess she didn’ like the kiss.” Ryder shrugged forlornly,

“she seemed really sad.”

“I heard her and Auntie Linda talking the other day.” Parker

frowned, “parently Linda thinks Mommy should give Daddy ‘nother chance, so we can be one big family.”

“I want that too.” Ryder admitted, .

“Uh-huh,” Parker nodded in agreement, “but Mommy was

scared.”

Daddy?” Ryder exclaimed,

dunno,” Parker shared, “they moved ‘way afore I

hear more.”

ta help her, maybe we can show her she doesn’ need ta

nightmares!” Parker rea soned, getting

Ryder suggested, brushing some

Mommy will have

him.”

bending down

of Ethan’s ankle.

Alpha’s other ankle in his small hands. “On three okay?” He instructed,

might, trying to pull the huge alpha into the house. Unfortunately even

Parker assessed in

we do?” Ryder

possibly make their plan succeed. After a moment the answer

to the hall, they worked together to heft

questioned, looking a

this

dirty.” Parker observed, crinkling his

Ryder concurred, “he needs a

if he’s

idea.” Parker confirmed, directing Ethan’s body to wards

ing pups to find. Tears banished, she was already on her way back upstairs as the

minat bathroom

Alpha’s un conscious limbs

should be annoyed or proud. She would want any of her pups to help someone in a medical emergency, which they probably imagined this was, but she also thought they should know better than to

crossed over

trail of mud her

you

skateboards?” Her friend asked, lifting

rescue’.” She raised her voice to wards the bedroom door that she was sure they were listening behind. “And they

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