The Handprint That Shattered My Bond

heavily. "Alright, fine. I'll be rea

art st

you. I've fallen for someone else-a she-wolf who makes my heart race again. I don't want to st

ping by on a teacher's salary. Our joint assets are just the

is loaded. I need to walk away with more of her

ds, he clapped Lucian's shoulder. "I'll help you, w

ll talk. Lucian dropped

he driver's seat,

ng when the dash cam foot

looked young-high school young. She giggled, lean

h churning. Was this the she-wolf Luc

ion. "We're hitting that fancy Italian place I

e backseat, and another she-wolf slid into the front. She wore a sleek,

red excitedly. "Mom, you look go

. "Chloe, hush. Little wolves shouldn't ta

he glanced at Lucian, clea

sa," Lucian said warmly.

he she-wolf. Chlo

ng school after dinner, leaving just him and Vanessa in t

car grew heavy, the windows fogging up as their breathing filled the space. The car rocked s

roat. I gagged, barely managing to fling the door open before I started retching, cl

om rage. I wiped them away, grabbed the dash cam, and

They're go

apt

-or-die she-wolves were waiting. The three of us grew up in th

onto the table, my jaw t

unt down that homewrecker and make her regret it!" Sh

er back, then turned to me, cool as ice.

e bond with his sorry ass. I'll call Richard-he can send his security

d Emily's bound to a CEO from a family just as wealthy as hers. Me? I was the one who ignored my parents' warnings and ran off to bo

d, my mate's not only cheating but plotting

uddy? Well, I've got my ow

lean me out. I'm not just taking back our h

ked. "Consi

t me? I'm not sitting this out. Let me a

ight? Can you get him to pull the security footage from Lucian's schoo

zed. Lucian. "Hey, babe,

my throat and played alon

ld hear the scratch of his pen grading papers in the background. "

uy him cars to cheer him up-his favorite toys. Now? His fake sweet talk just made

"I'm beat. Talk later." I hung up, keeping

s, videos, anything I could get. Then I posted a fake update on X, editing old camping pics of me,

bound, has a daughter, but her mate's out of pack, wirin

, you name it. Emily got the school's security footage from Richard and st

holed up at Grace's place, work

, laced with something uneasy. "Babe, why didn'