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.

keep walking, but I can hear her and Emily whispering between

about me.

who I am, and

took from

no way in which having them together and against me is going

the doorway, I

I didn’t know you were coming

doorway where they can’t hear me to

listen in.

come home?

Basically, every wolf in Montana is

soon as I

been my mate. I needed to be here

the funeral.”

waiting to hear what James

response to that.

with an old, familiar churn of jealousy

right to claim Aaron was

life.

what real love even

of soul–deep connection that Aaron and I shared was nothing compared to whatever young romance they

came along.

she’s the widow and her whole life is over while I do the real

packs and running

go back to wherever she was once the funeral is

Emily back in the picture, I get the feeling hoping Jessica will

Ethan with Tera. As

together while Aaron and I were being

room across from Aaron’s

did a

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