red with her husband. She braced herself because she'd heard
everything as he liked an
" he b
ed on a smile. "Lucien
ve dinner on the table ri
y to serve and looked him up and down. "You d
of over our heads. If I want
He'd never listened to Emma and she had to sweep the floor every day. He shrugged off his coat, hanging it on a hook by
st how he liked it. She set the plate in front of him then spooned out her portion. She sat a
manners didn't matter. He was the Alpha
f? Emma would never know and each day she spent with him, she curs
arents to pick someone else, but, according to them, he was much better than th
as you
y as a
about whiny pack membe
between his plate and his m
ioned her sincerity. What had he
u're always ready to s
ly worked. From the outside, the house looked like a dream, but inside it was a nightmare. She'd begged him to let her upgr
, Luc
d a book club meeting tonight and if he w
haling his food. "I ha
do
used.
k cl
oint, but I guess if I'm not g
uld get out of the ho
they meetin
ookstore
o ponder th
mily need anything? I can collect donations
ou dare get involved. They
or snobby. She was none of those things. Lucien hamstrung her efforts to get to know people. This was her pa
ka
quickly, then rose. "The Council of Wolves is
of Emma was glad they hadn't, unsure of what kind
d to take ca
You won't go to the doctor t
ual green to a dangerous red. "There is nothing wrong with
Lucien, but she wouldn't tell him that. The doctors had cle
d her lips
minutes before
ow? I'm
h when I'm fin
the Alpha's mate, it was Emma's obligation to give him a child. An heir. Some
she could just lay back and think of something else. If she said
Her heart ached every month when she saw
his face. He was cold and distant most of the time, and the bedroom was no differ
mm
eeting. Emma showered and dressed, hoping
umors that swirled around her. She grabbed her book, then headed downtown to the bookstore. Fang City was a
x. She wondered where he was, and what he was doing ,but
bookstore. It looked out on the alley where a few of the town's bars s
ld clean up this
like to g
looking for a quickie. I want a m
ome. Julie didn't know what she was wishing for. Emma's father had slept around al
m also. "I'm
He gets to do what h
her hand. "It's
sooner that Julia figured that ou
tonight. She watched her husband hanging onto someone and wal
ything more about their pack lead
chosen to follow what her parents had wanted and here she was.
gone with Dex when he'd asked her to. He would have taken her away. At least
said and Emma was thankf
or the ending. It was
onder what's taking ever
but I need to l
Emma's gaze went out the window again. She o
you o
think I saw s
all
get a better look. Yes. It was who she thought it was
ou