My Rival's 'Mate Seizure' Plan Failed

me. But if your heart's stil

issed me-hard, like he was staking a claim. He go

Shut your tr

ing papers-signed by pack officials who came to

eeds are wrong. But that p

. I zoomed in-tinted windows, but

w. Some guy asked, "Late nig

iggling. "A girl's gott

coincidences. They dig into your

th all that crap? I thought we were in this together!" Forgot ho

elia's perfume-on his jacket th

everywhere one minute,

assistant, quiet, like

ord. She can't see thi

n acted like it. I hated myself for it. Back in the day, I'd ha

elf first. But now? I couldn't even ask the question burning in my throat. Sc

st, shrugged on his jacket, kissed

e you home. Got stuff to

sed to drag me along, even if it was just

d the day we bonded like it was yesterday, caught every little thing I said

e for da

made me watch him do it right. When I mouthed off to his cousin, he pulled m

lf's that gentle, that steady, wi

n a good wolf. Kind to everyone. I just happe

ought. But soon, it'd sink its t

ck after dark. Only thing that stayed? The good-m

y chest. Every day was hell-torn between yellin

im. He wrapped his arms around me, li

? Want me to

always sworn I wouldn't be that she-wolf-pa

e I was,

tos of her and Stephan at that diner downtown, the one he used to tak

an.," I

from your trip, w

I didn't care if he went to the airport, why

ng my hair, grumbling, "'M