Love is Hell; Mate is Heaven
We had stopped moving somewhere dark in Oregon, and the air was thick with the scent of old gas and pine.
I was cramped in the back seat. My brother, Tristan, was slumped beside me, his headphones a wall between us and the world. Up front, the sweet, heavy scent of Victor—my rejected mate—was a constant, maddening presence. And the worst part: Wendy was in the passenger seat. My ex-best friend, who was now my father’s mistress and the woman who slept with the man I should have married. A perfect road trip from hell.
We had left the Silverwood Pack after lunch, much later than planned, because Wendy had decided to be late. That had given my mother, Luna Comfort, extra time to lecture me about