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against the Fenners. From the way Cordelia impatiently shifted her weight as she inhaled the scents of the forest, it was obvious that Cordelia wanted Dom to find her. When she and Katelyn had first met, she’d shyly confided that she had a crush on “an older guy” who didn’t live in town. It had been Dom, of course. A crush was one thing; did she actually love him — even though he had forced her into marriage? Love him enough to betray the pack she’d been born into?
    You could love and mistrust someone at the same time.
    That was how Katelyn felt about her grandfather.
    “Katelyn!” Magus insisted. She heard him walking toward them.
    “After your father kicked you out, Justin kept looking for you,” Katelyn said in a rush. “He promised me he would never stop.”
    The look Cordelia gave her could have made a magnolia tree wither. She stood stiffly and clenched her jaw as if she were trying very hard not to say the first thing that came to her.
    “Promised you . So you’re still seeing him behind Lucy’s back?”
    “Not at all,” Katelyn said, feeling the color rise in her own cheeks.
    Lucy — Justin’s fiancée — had challenged her to a fight to the death over Justin when they’d come back from the forest and Katelyn had his scent all over her. Katelyn had thrown herself into his arms to thank him for sparing the life of Babette, a spy for the Gaudin pack. Cordelia’s father had ordered Katelyn to kill her, and for Justin to serve as a witness. But Katelyn had managed to persuade Justin to let Babette go free if the spy promised to leave Fenner territory forever.
    And Katelyn had kissed Justin twice in the bayou when they both thought they were facing death. But even when she’d been kissing Justin, she’d been thinking about Trick.
    That wasn’t the point. The point was, Justin hadn’t turned his back on Cordelia.
    “Oh, Kat, let’s not do this,” Cordelia said, as Katelyn reminded herself that the voice in her head had warned her about Justin. She was suddenly massively unsure that Cordelia would be all right if she returned to Wolf Springs.
    Something must have shown on her face, because Cordelia turned around and studied the forest again.
    “Just a minute ,” she snapped at Magus.
    “The fire is spreading too fast,” Magus retorted.
    “Dom forced you to marry him,” Katelyn said in her ear.
    “Because he loves me,” Cordelia said faintly. “He wanted the best for me. I had to declare my loyalty or leave.”
    “What kind of choice was that?”
    “A werewolf’s choice.” Her voice softened as she studied Katelyn’s face. She reached out a hand and touched Katelyn’s cheek. “It’s an alpha’s job to keep his pack in harmony. What was he going to do with an unattached Fenner female in exile?”
    “You’re defending him,” Katelyn said, stunned. “What he did was wrong.”
    “What he did was smart, darlin’,” Cordelia said. “And I have to admire that in an alpha. My daddy . . .” She bit her lip and visibly worked to keep in control. “My daddy was going to lose control of the pack sooner rather than later.”
    Justin had been planning to challenge Lee Fenner to the death. The massacre at the bayou had removed the necessity for him.
    “We must go now .” Magus was walking toward them again.
    Katelyn’s heart seized at the thought of moving on and Cordelia blew the rest of the air out of her cheeks.
    “When I asked you to come with me, you said you’d try to help me by finding the mine,” Cordelia said in an under-voice. “I’ll try to help you by going back with Dom. I’ll find out what the Gaudins are planning. I’ll get word to you, Kat, if you swear that you won’t tell anyone else in the pack. We’ll do what that weirdo over there wants us to. We’ll find a way to make peace. Just you and me.”
    Katelyn couldn’t help a little bubble of hysterical laughter. Magus was a weirdo, with his robe and his bald head, tattoos, and creepy eyes.
    And