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“I would like to meet her.” Veronica’s tone changes. her words beclighter as though she was suddenly happy about everything. She’s up to something.’ Aero mutters.
“No.” I tell Veronica “You can’t hide her forever Dane. I told you, I’m home. It’s tforto put down sproper roots instead of spending all of your money on travelling.” She flutters her eyelashes again.
I was so tempted to kick her out. but so far, she hadn’t done anything wrong apart from make a few comments “Have you got a job?” I ask
“I have. It’s nothing major, just a personal assistant to someone in the city.” she digs into her pockets and pullscout the credit card I hac given Aer. “Here.” She gives mea smileand nands the credit card over. “Guess I don’t need this afhiymore.” “What gare you trying to play Veronica?
“No game. Like I said, it’s tto stop exploring. It’s tto set up home, I am a Wolf afterall elf and we are useless without a pack.” She’s done something.’ Aero mutters. “What did you do, Veronica?” “Nothing.” She halds her hands up. “I swear I’m telling the truth.”
‘Bullshit! Aera snaps and I had to agree with high. ‘The longest Veronica stayed in one place was~ ~N when we were together. And O evens then she was desperate to go << affto DY sfar away country. She had never been concerned with.Aeeding terbelong to a pack. It was:one of the things I had liked about her. “Why did you cto the hospital and not directly to the pack house? Are you in trouble?”
“Oh you know how I love to wind your sister up. Nothing ever changes with her. I bet it drives Salem nuts. She didn’t know, she wasn’t around to learn that Raven and Salem were no longer a thing “She’s happy.” I lie Veronica doesn’t respond. She’s staring up at the house. As I look over my shoulder, I see Neah standing on the doorstep. Raven and Eric stand either side of her.
“Is that her?” Veronica whispers “Yes.” She grips my upper arm. “She isn’t much to look at is she!” “Let go.
“You think she can takeout?” She muses.
That wasn’t what I was worried about. I could sense Neah’s jealousy from here. If she shifts, I won’t be able to stop it. Raven and Eric won’t be able to stop it. And none of us knew what Neah is really capable of.
Grabbing Veronica’s hand, I bend it back towards herself. She whimpers at the pain of her arm being in the wrong position. “Get out of my sight!” I snarl at her.
“I’m going. I’m going.” She frowns in Neah’s direction before stomping off while cradling her arm.
My eyes lock with Neah’s as I approach the house.
“Is she leaving?” Raven asks “No. I mutter without looking at her. “She’s decided to settle.” Neah doesn’t react. She stands completely still, her eyes remain locked on mine. She wasn’t angry, she seemed to be confused about the jealousy she is feeling “You are letting her stay?” Raven questions me. “After all that she has done. She’s a lunatic.” “Yes, I agree she has made spoor choices. But none of us are exactly innocent. Well, almost none of us. If she tries anything, then she will be gone. I have warned her.” And still, Neah doesn’t speak.
Raven brushes past me, “I hope you know what you are doing, Dane. Don’t let her ruin this.
“Go inside.” I tell Neah, “I just need to speak to Eric.” Neah’s blue eyes move to my Beta before returning to me. She nods her head and slowly retreats into the house. “How much did Raven tell her? “Everything.” Eric murmurs. “Once she started talking, it’s like she couldn’t stop.” “And what has Neah said?” “That’s just it, she hasn’t said anything.” “Nothing?” “The last thing she asked was if Veronica was here to kill her. And that’s when Raven told her everything.” “No sign of her shifting?” “No. I watched her like a hawk I find Neah sitting in the kitchen. Her legs folded up underneath her as she studied a bottle of half drunk juice.
She doesn’t respond or even acknowledgeas I take a seat opposite. Her head was clouded with telling herself off. “You’ve never felt jealousy before.” tell her.“It feels strange right? <~ Having this need to attack = =-& sarmeone?”
She stops spinning the bottle and her blue eyes flash up at me. “Why?”
“Because ofthat.” I point to the mark on her neck. “It will make you feel’ lot of things that you have most likely £ you have fever experienced before. Eric tellgthat Raven told youo everything about Veronica.”
“She told….toldalot.” She stutters and a small crease appears on her forehead, “She’s…she is very.
pretty.” Sw= She is so angry. Aero mutters “She’s not you.” I tell her.
“Did….did you tell her about me?” “I told her I claimed you and I told her you were my true mate.
She frowns at me. “There’s something I don’t understand. Raven e didn’ say” “You want to know why I let her live!”
Neah
“Y…you said you killed them.” It wasn’t my place to ask questions. But he had clearly kept her alive and if she was here to kill me, I wanted to know why she was the only one to survive.
“I did.” “But not her?” I frown, confused. He was deliberately dragging it out.
“There was never a reason to kill her. I told you, sof the other brides ran. Sof them were trying to dig up information on me. She wasn’t clingy, she wasn’t desperate for my attention, though that has clearly changed. Veronica didn’t do anything wrong, in fact she was very on board with the arrangement. It waswho grew tired of her.” “She killed her true mate.” “He wasn’t part of this pack.” “She betrayed her own family.” “I see Raven told you everything she knew.” He stares atfrom across the table. “Yes.” “Veronica’s family had an agenda. Just like Trey, they gave her away for the contract. The only difference is, they made it look like it was the worst thing that could possibly happen to them. Yet, all along they had planned to hand her over. They wanteddead and needed inside information to be able to do that. Veronica figured it out. So yes, you could say she betrayed them, but she brought the truth to the surface. It takes a lot for someone to betray their own family.” “You let her live because she helped you te live.” ‘It was the least I could do.
The horrible jealous feeling fades away as I look at him. He had this mean, mysterious side but now and again, he really did surprise me.
‘I’m not saying she is a great person. Or that she’s even a good person” He contin ues, ‘She has becbitter overthe years. In sways think theMoon Goddess is — punishing her because of ki ling her truernate. Veronica knew thatonce she:met him and their bond-had f?med, she wouldn’t be able to do anything with me. Much like you when you were still linked to Kyle. I almost killed you with a simple kiss.’ ! “She loved you.” I whisper “More than what I could ever return.” He frowns “Raven didn’t know?!” “None of them do. It’s not something that I like to share. As far as they are aware, Veronica had angered me.” “And she left?” He nods, “I told her she could go wherever she wanted and that I ould never {ét her struggle financial y. She returns every tk. have a new bride. She tries to persuadethat she is still here and avaliable. I think partly, she is trying to measure up the new bride. But I told her we are mated and I have warned her.” His tone deepens as his eyes lock back on to mine. “If she tries anything, she won’t make it out of this pack alive.” =
It was a lot to take in. Alpna Dane sits there, watching me, waiting forto say something. But what. could h say? I had Trey andX Cassandia who had setup Someshe in the dungeon wha was claiming to be my brother and now this. A woman who was desperate to have Alpha Dane as hét mate. But how far would she go? “IL…” I didn’t know what I was trying of to say. My fingers feel the bumps o the mark megave me. He had marked me. I was the only one who he had done that to.
“I chose you, Neah. I was meant to find you.” He looks up at the clock on the wall We need to go, otherwise E you are going to be late. “Late?” “I have found you a tutor. Like I said I would” He announces proudly, rising from the chair. He holds out his hand for me. “Come.”
I still had more questions, but I think this was his way of saying the conversation was over. I almost hope that he is reading my mind so he knows how frustrated I am.
His eyes flicker to me, but he doesn’t speak as we walk through the house and out the back door. He leadsacross the grounds, nodding his head at various people but still doesn’t speak to me.
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