FAT, BARREN, AND REJECTED
“I had people searching for weeks. A waitress, working a shift she wasn’t even supposed to cover that night — my sources lost her trail within days. No one actual cared about her. She simply vanished, and I finally had to accept that whatever your wolf recognized in that room, I had no way of ever giving you back.”
I stood frozen, unable to decide which fact to be angrier about first.
“So this,” I said slowly, gesturing at the wheelchair waiting by the door, “is your solution. Since your first plan failed, you’re trying again. Different woman, same manipulation.”
“This is the only chance I have left, Jason, and I am not ashamed to admit that.” She rose from her chair, crossing the room to st