Chapter 82
James takes off, leaving me in the armory.
Jess strolls in.
She’s tall and lean. Her pretty face is a little uncertain, but otherwise, looking as beautiful as she’s ever been.
Most males would think her a 10.
But somewhere along the way, I lost my affection for her perfect blond hair and her pale eyes. She’s too thin.
Somewhere along the way, I became obsessed with messy dark hair, a riot of curls that are haphazard, and a face that’s too stubborn to ever be a classic beauty.
“So I hear you’re expecting.”
She snorts.
“Was that said just for your Luna’s benefit?”
She crosses her arms. “I h ate when you call her that.”
she
what you want her to
thing, isn’t
move
belongs.” She moves
even a tiny frisson.
me,”
then, Jess. Look me in the eyes and tell me. Tell me you feel the same way you did when
She glances away.
there someone else?”
be easier. For da mn sure. And she
her
mean though, yeah?
she looks
need to say,” I
girl is like family to me. I owe her at least some compassion.
betrayal of our pack. It’s a betrayal of my dead family.”
change how she feels. And she’s entitled to feel that
way.
all victims in
say. You don’t care about anyone.
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