Second Chance Mate Regretted

od boil and your heart ache all at once. Everyone in our circle knows it. We've been bo

into our home night after night, and I'd shatter his prized trophies to dust. He humiliated me at a fancy bu

all abou

ds, the healer's words still echoing: "Three weeks, tops." Wei

like crazy, mes

eck the gro

's los

f a night with you

ood turning to ice. Jaxo

d tore out the door, spee

a wolf's eyes in the dark. There was Jaxon, looking every bi

Cross. The she-wolf Jaxon picked because she's

playing like some sick slideshow. Below, wo

ee mi

e mil

ht mi

his jowls quivering. "Fifty mill

stood there, rooted,

didn't spare me a glance.

over, his greasy eyes

can reall

ips curling, his eyes cold as f

like a knife, straig

m. I snatched a glass from the table and smashed it over his head with

ice shaking despite myself. "Whoever bid, I'll

went dea

ke I was some kind of performance

ar. "But I can auction you once, I can do it again. Twice. Three t

eyes burning. "Jaxon, do

d something hilarious. "You killed the Three

Henry Calloway. That gentle wolf, always smiling, always there for me growing up. If

arm, crescent-moon smile. Back then, the four of us would hang out. Jaxon and I would

l tha

cred bond. I was gutted, like lightning had struck me. I locked myself in my room, cryi

nt looking for me. They never made

ed my tears, and stayed by my side through the darkest nights. When nightmares woke me, he'd flick on the light. When I

lean on him, o

Margot, I've fallen for you. Will

s stu

s so deep I felt my heart shake. "You've felt some

a lamp in my darkness. Somewhere along the way, I'

said

g my bouquet, nervous but hopeful. I thought it was a new beginni

on the stage, smirking coldly. "Cons

y blood tur

oice trembled.

led Henry and Lauren. Did you really think I loved you? I

d rage. Amid the whispers and stares, I grabb

egan. Eight years of t

of us has

oice unsteady. "Jaxon, can we just. get along for Three w

eks, I'd be gone, an

a bad joke. "You, lying now?

oice hard, "this only end

d to ice. So th

ftly. "You'll see then. I

be waiting to see how you