Chapter 17

I leave Jessica and try to dispel the things she’d said from my

mind. Jessica would slide into Leah’s shoes in a heartbeat.

She’d assume the role of Luna, dedicate herself to me and

our pack and I wouldn’t have to doubt her commitment or

integrity.

She’s been loyal for as long as I’ve known her and she’s been

patient.

I don’t think that either of us expected this situation with Leah to be permanent. Certainly not when she was a minor and

then even after I married her there was always this notion

that things would not be permanent.

But as the years have gone by, my thoughts on that have

changed.

My goals have changed.

James is standing outside of the mansion and he’s pensive.

that

I stop him.

“No. I’ll drive.”

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tosses me

the passenger side,

to take this meeting alone,” I

his mouth but what can he say?

I…”

by that announcement because it conveys

trust in him. But there is nothing to be done

Trust is earned.

something that can be assumed or demanded. And though James is my beta, I’m beginning to regret promoting him to

the hurts her pack caused ours,

of prejudices that

judgment, and that is not

going?” he asks.

and

He nods.

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the car and drive off. He’s still standing there when

of the long driveway.

a good thirty minutes before I’m on the main highways for this region and I drive toward a small town for a meeting with our human CFO of the

has been a long time

the coffee shop. His briefcase is on the table and he has stacks of documents in

normal venue,” he says. “You could’ve come

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