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“You’re my wife,” Julian replied, his firm words making my heart race. “You owe me an explanation. I thought you were dead… for five years!”
“Hey, man,” Roman said, stepping in to try to redirect Julian’s attention.
“Don’t ‘hey man’ me,” Julian growled. “This is personal. It has nothing to do with whoever you are.
“Why did you leave Thorn Pack without my permission?” Julian said, his attention focused back on me again. “What about the plane crash? There were supposed to be no survivors. Where are you even living now? Why are you with this guy?”
Julian was interrogating me. I didn’t appreciate the bombardment of personal questions, and I didn’t intend to give him any answers.
“Answer me,” he ordered.
“Who are you to question me like this?”
“As your husband.” Julian said. “I never signed the divorce papers. Legally, you are still my wife.” “Sign them as soon as possible, then,” I said, confusion and rage storming inside me. Who was Julian to act like he had claim over me when he’d abandoned me five years ago? “If you don’t, I’ll take the case to the Werewolf Court, and they’ll force it due to irreconcilable differences.”
“I won’t do it,” Julian replied. “I’m an Alpha. The court will rule in my favor, not yours.”
Julian and I began to bicker back and forth. I’d never, ever spoken to him like this before, and it felt good to stand up for myself, even though it didn’t seem to be getting us anywhere.
Suddenly, my wrist felt lighter. I grabbed it with my other hand, rubbing it. Roman had pried Julian’s hand away.
“Didn’t you not notice, Alpha Julian?” Roman asked, polite yet firm. “You were hurting her.”
Julian’s POV
Fury coursed through my entire body.
I felt the urge to shove the man away. Rory snarled inside me, and I was glad to have him with me. He, too, was ready to rip the man apart limb from limb.
We were in public, though, and especially after our bidding war, our commotion was beginning to attract the interest of the onlookers. I was the Alpha. I couldn’t let things get ugly or out of hand.
She is MATE, Rory roared. Take her back.
“Hold back,” I told Rory. “Amber is angry as well. It would be a mistake to push her further now.’
I forced myself to rein in my own rage and turned my attention to the man standing next to her. I finally placed him – he was the
Alpha of Dawn Pack, Roman. We’d met at a previous counsel meeting.
Roman maintained a conservative leadership style. His pack hadn’t grown over the years, but it hadn’t shrunk, either. He’d seemed content to keep things steady.
He’d been polite and soft-spoken, but it had always come off as an act to me.
Why was Amber with him? I couldn’t figure it out.
I raced through the possibilities in my mind until a terrible thought struck me. What if, back then, Amber had left to be with Roman? She’d been flying to Dawn Pack, after all.
The thought unsettled me deeply, making my stomach feel sick.
“Come home, Amber,” I said, trying to keep my voice authoritative, not pleading like I felt inside. “The pack needs you.
Our house needs her. My office needs her. My coffee, my clothes; my cheek needs her kiss. I didn’t realize that all of this added up to me needing her.
But I could never say it out loud.
Julian’s POV
Amber let out a loud scoff, “The pack needs me? Julian, I’m nobody to your pack. You’ve never made me public.”
She refused, hard. “No, I’m not going to throw my life away to be your housewife again. Don’t you need to go take care of your
Luna, anyway?”
Amber turned to leave, and I stepped forward, ready to follow her. I wasn’t going to give up this easily. I’d grieved Amber for years.
Now that I found her, I wasn’t going to let her go so easily.
“Julian, if you keep harassing me, I will call the police,” Amber said, wielding her cellphone in my direction. “Try to keep what’s left of your dignity, Alpha.”
Roman put his arm around Amber. Anger boiled inside me thinking of their relationship. This other Alpha was with my chosen mate, my wife.
It wasn’t fair.
“Amber, let’s go home,” Roman said. She nodded, leaning ever so slightly into his body, as though she needed protection from
There was something in Roman’s voice as he spoke that didn’t seem quite sincere, though. As though his words were meant to barb me, to irritate me, instead of solely to comfort her.
Amber left with him anyway.
I could only stand in the sunlight outside the auditorium, clenching my fists so hard they shook, and watch my wife walk away from me again.
Amber’s POV
I waited at the door for the Alice. I wanted to grab her and slip away before Julian could show up again. I couldn’t imagine what would happen if Julian ran into Alice.
He would do the math, of course. He would figure out Alice was his – Julian had never been dumb, except when it came to his emotions and the feelings of others.
When he figured it out, he might try to take Alice from me. His behavior was so erratic, he might even try to hurt her.
I wouldn’t let that happen
Alice ran towards me, her face full of joy. My heart broke for her. She deserved to feel happy without having to worry about Julian
“He showed up! My new dad showed up and bought my painting!” Alice beamed, bouncing on her toes in excitement. “Now I can donate so much money to the orphanage!”
I knelt down so that I could talk to Alice face-to-face. “I know you’re excited, but you cannot talk to that man again. He’s dangerous, Alice.”