A Wolf’s Deception (Novella) Read Online Free PDF

could be responsible.
    She sat with him for a bit, making sure he’d stay asleep, then left the room to find Gabe. The sound of voices drifted down the hall and she followed them to the small kitchen at the other end of the house. He and Kate looked up when she walked in, all conversation screaming to a halt.
    Gabe looked at her and all that tension, all the anger was back in an instant. He clenched his fists in front of him.
    ‘You should get some sleep, Tressa.’
    Translation: fuck off so I can get naked with Kate.
    He hadn’t called her Tress since they left that seedy motel. He was making sure there was plenty of distance between them, emotional and physical.
    Straightening her shoulders, she hardened her spine and hoped like hell her voice wouldn’t wobble when she spoke.
    ‘Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt. I just want to know what the plan is for tomorrow.’
    Kate patted his hand. ‘I’ll just go grab a shower.’ Then left them very much alone.
    He rubbed a hand over the back of his neck. ‘Sawyer’s asleep?’
    ‘Out cold. Kate seems nice.’ She didn’t want to show weakness in front of him, show how much seeing him with another female hurt and did her best to hide all trace of emotion.
    More pissed vibes flew off him.
    ‘I’ve known her all my life. She’s been there for me more times than I can count. I’d kill anyone who hurt her.’
    Then he watched her, like he was waiting for something. She didn’t know what. But it took all her strength not to flinch at those words. God, she didn’t want to hear anymore. Why the hell had she mentioned it in the first place?
    ‘So tomorrow, what’s the plan?’
    His stared at her and shook his head in disgust. ‘That’s all you have to say?’
    She crossed her arms. ‘What do you want me to say?’
    Clenching his fists on the table in front of him, he said, ‘Fuck. Still so cold. Always worried about yourself.’
    ‘Gabe, listen…’
    ‘What about your mate? Did you show him any affection at all, or did you freeze him out as well once you got what you wanted? Poor bastard.’
    Another hit, this one like a physical blow. She sucked in a strangled breath.
    ‘You don’t know what you’re talking about…’
    ‘You don’t give a fuck how anyone else is affected by your selfishness, your rash decisions. I thought motherhood might have changed you. Apparently not.’
    She did flinch that time, couldn’t help it, and she got angry. She’d lost everything, given up everything for him and what did she get for it? His scorn.
    ‘The only person I’m worried about is my son. I’ll do anything, face anyone for him. He always comes first. You want me to be jealous? You want me to see what I’ve been missing all these years, the mistake I made, to know you and Kate have been hot and heavy while I’ve been gone?’
    He shook his head to deny it, but it was written all over his face, he wanted to hurt her, like she had him. She shrugged with a carelessness she didn’t feel.
    ‘Well I am. I am jealous. I know what I gave away and I feel sick at the idea of you touching another female. Is that what you want? Do you feel better now?’
    She turned about to leave before the tears stinging the back of her eyes overflowed and she humiliated herself more than she already had, but his hand came down on her shoulder, stopping her in her tracks and he swung her around. Face twisted with rage, he shook her.
    ‘No I don’t fucking feel better. You’re the one who left. You’re the one that chose another male over me.’
    He shook her more roughly.
    ‘I’m the one who had to carry on, knowing that every damn night you were in some other male’s bed, wrapped in his arms, bearing his cubs. You don’t get to be pissed and you sure as fuck don’t get to be jealous.’
    Then he lifted his hand and, before she knew what she was doing, she ducked, lifting her own arm to deflect a blow she realised a second later wasn’t coming. Gabe had shoved his hand through