Page 172 of Wolf Roulette

I don’t want to have sex because we’re afraid of tomorrow.

He lifted a hand to my cheek.Aren’t you afraid of tomorrow, little bird?

He meant that figuratively, but his words were accurate to an unsettling degree. Tomorrow, everything would change.

I dropped my attention to his chest.

Sascha stopped moving.What is it?

I couldn’t tell him about our plan with the penalty points, but I’d wanted to find the right time to come clean about breaking my promise. So far, I’d told vampire royals and my head team.

They were specks on telling the tribe tomorrow morning.

There’s something you should know,I started.

His scent took on a guarded edge.

I broke a promise to you. And tomorrow, I plan to break that promise to the full extent.I inhaled his confusion.There are secrets the pack keeps that I believe should be general knowledge. It may help others understand your struggles.

Understanding dawned.You’ve told the tribe that we’re trapped here. That we’re dying off.

Not the whole tribe yet,I rushed to say.You underestimate the open-mindedness of my stewards. It might—

“It might?” he said aloud. Silent again, he added,“Telling them we’re entirely at their mercy might do what exactly?

Help them understand, Sascha. That’s where this truce has to start.

Who knows?he demanded.Wade? You have no idea what you’ve done, Andie.

The head team. And… the Vissimo royals.

Sascha staggered back a step.You told a vampire clan numbering over fifteen thousand that we, a tiny population of wolves, are backed into a damn corner?

No one liked to feel trapped. Wolves least of all.

I didn’t present it as a weakness.I made sure to—

You broke your solemn word to me.His jaw clenched.I’ve asked very little of you, Andie, but I made it clear that when you gave a promise, I expected you to keep it. You betrayed the one thing I asked you not to.

Sascha walked around me.

I hurried in his wake.

The stewards need to understand why the pack never left,I shot at him.

His strides weren’t hindered by a mountain of material, and he’d reached the parking lot by the time I exited the hall.

Sascha.Please come back.

The werewolf turned under the light of the moon.

You knew my limit, Andie,he said grimly.That was harming my pack.

No,I thought at him emphatically.That’s not why I did this at all. It was the opposite.Halfway down the stairs, I ignored the attention on our silent exchange.

I’ll be sure to tell them that. I’m sure it will fix everything.

I clutched my cheeks.Where are you going?

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