Page 21 of Loved By the Wolf

“You know—” she began.

“Jill, you need to leave,” I said bluntly. “I have nothing to talk about.”

“I think you do.”

I looked at her this time and shifted my eyes to golden.

She scoffed. “You don’t scare me. Luc has pulled this on me already. And Luc would kill you if you did anything to me.”

I grunted and swiveled back to my drink. She wastoocomfortable with us. I waved for the bartender, but he ignored me. Disgruntled, I got out of my seat, only for the room to tilt. Jill was by my side in an instant.

Somehow, we made it outside and to her car, and I let her slide me into the passenger seat. Leaning my head back, I closed my eyes and slept until I awoke to someone shaking me.

“Brandon! Wake up! We’re home!” Jill cried.

I peeled my eyes open. Sure enough, we were in front of Luc’s apartment. “I don’t want to go there. Take me to my home,” I said, closing my eyes again and leaning back against the headrest.

“We’re already here, and Luc wants you to stay here.”

“Then why didn’t he come get me himself?”

“Because he doesn’t know I came to see you.”

I popped one eye open to see if she was serious. “You thought you’d be able to persuade me to come home?”

“My plan wasn’t to bring you home. My plan was to find you and yell at you.”

My second eye opened at this, and we stared at each other for a bit. “You’re crazy.”

“Like I said, I’m not scared of you.”

“You should be.”

I saw her shake her head before I closed my eyes again. After a moment, I asked, “What were you going to yell at me about?”

“I think you know.”

“Why don’t you spell it out for me? Might do me some good to hear it from someone else.”

She sighed before saying, “You and Becca are fated mates. Just like Luc and me.”

“That’s very astute of you.”

I heard her shuffle and lean closer. “So, you don’t refute it?”

“Why should I? I know she’s my mate; I just can’t be with her.” My wolf snarled at me, but I ignored him. “Even my wolf is mad at me right now.”

“He’s mad at you?”

I heard the car door behind me open and smelled Luc as he slid into the back seat. “Wanted to join the party.”

I grunted.Great.

Luc said, “I heard you say your wolf is mad at you?”

I sighed. Here went nothing. “I’m not able to shift.”

I could feel Luc’s confusion as if I was standing right in front of him and watching his face. The aroma of fear wafted over first, soon replaced by anger.

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