I don’t know why I’m surprised to find out Emily and Jessica were best friends, considering Aaron and James are equally close, and they all grew up together.

I climb slowly out of the SUV and then walk around to join James.

“Did you know she was coming home?” I ask him, trying to

keep the accusation out of my voice.

He knows how contentious things have been between me and Jessica over the years, with Aaron firmly in the middle. The least he could have done was given me a heads up.

“No, I didn’t know,” James says, shaking his head.

I can tell he’s being truthful, so that alleviates some of my annoyance at least.

Aaron had mentioned that Jessica had taken an extended vacation and gone to stay with some relatives in another pack somewhere–at his expense of courseand it’d been easy to put her from my mind and simply believe she might never

come back.

Her timing, however, couldn’t have been worse.

I don’t want to have to deal with her and all that petty rivalry right now with everything else going on.

Eventually, Emily and Jessica are over the shock of their

unexpected reunion and I slowly walk toward the mansion, debating whether I should ask Jessica why she’s come back.

As I get closer, her eyes narrow, and that pretty much seals

the deal for me.

Jessica and her nastiness are not worth my time or energy right now.

I can hear her and Emily whispering between themselves, and know they’re

about me.

hates me for who I am, and Jessica hates me

took

having them together

the doorway, I

were coming home,” he

pause just inside the doorway where they can’t hear

listen in.

home? I heard about what happened

every wolf in Montana is

home as soon as I heard.

should have been my mate. I needed to be here

the funeral.”

not waiting to

response to that.

stomach tighten with an old,

the right to claim Aaron was the

life.

knows what real

that Aaron and I shared was nothing compared

came

the widow and her whole life

packs and running the

go back to wherever she was

the picture, I get the feeling hoping Jessica will leave

Tera. As I’d

in the new nursery that James put together while

a room across from Aaron’s

did a wonderful job.

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