Mag-log in“Close the door,” he said curtly.She did.“Why did you tell her that Ivy was dead?”Serena’s composure didn’t crack, but something that looked an awful lot like guilt flashed through her eyes.“I ran into her on our wedding day,” she said. “She broke into the pack in a disguise. I thought she was c
Kade’s POVKade watched Elena go with a strange feeling settling in his chest.The door was still open. He could hear her footsteps pounding up the stairs, her voice saying something, and then the sound of Debbie’s door opening and closing down the hall.Back to work. Already. Like the last hour had
Kade stared at me.“I’m here for Ivy,” I said. “And for Debbie. That’s it. I’m not marrying you. In fact, I don’t even want to see you. When Debbie is healed, I want to be done with you completely.” The words were coming fast now, faster than I could think about them.“Do you have any idea what it w
Elena’s POVHe didn’t even pause.The word marry had scarcely been spoken before Kade was already moving on, talking about the logistics of the union that I never agreed to.“Given the circumstances,” he said, “we’ll frame the marriage around Ivy, not love. She needs her mother in the house. Debbie
But I wouldn’t say it. Because I wanted to know Kade’s answer, too.“No,” he said after a pause that felt like an eternity. “I won’t make her a slave again.”I let out a breath I’d been holding for about seven years.It should have felt like more than it did. Maybe later it would. Right now I was ju
Elena’s POVMy mother’s arms were around me. She was crying and holding me tight, and I just… let her.But I didn’t want it. I didn’t want her tears, or her embrace. Too long had I spent in this pack, huddling in fear, wishing that my mother would come to my rescue and hug me, and she never had. Not







