She Told the Truth–1
Sebastian’s POV
“Goddamn it!” I cursed, slamming the ice pack onto my desk. The bruise on my face still throbbed, but it was nothing compared to the storm raging inside me.
I still couldn’t believe I’d gotten into a fight with that bastard. I was so fucking angry that I’d let his words get to me.
The office door suddenly swung open, and Damien walked in, surprise written all over his face when he saw my condition.
“Who the hell did that to your face?” he asked, eyebrows shooting up.
“That son of a bitch Kane,” I growled low in my throat.
Getting punched by that self–righteous law enforcement asshole was an insult to my Alpha status. If we hadn’t been in Thea’s house, I would’ve shown him what a real Ashworth Alpha was capable of.
“The cop?” Damien asked curiously. “Thea’s new male?”
At those words, the rage inside me exploded. I slammed my fist down on the desk, the solid wood making an ominous cracking sound.
“He’s not her fucking male!” I snarled, feeling my teeth beginning to sharpen again.
“Calm down, your eyes are changing color,” Damien warned, taking a cautious step back.
I took a deep breath, forcing my wolf to retreat. I’d been losing control too many times over Thea lately, and that wasn’t how an Alpha should behave.
“What’s gotten into you?” Damien asked. “You’ve never cared this much about Thea’s
business before.”
I paced my office, my wolf similarly restless inside me. “There’s something off about Kane, I can feel it. My wolf didn’t trust him from the moment we met, and my wolf is never
wrong.”
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She Told the Truth–1
I hadn’t been able to dig deeper into his background yet. On paper, he seemed like an ordinary werewolf with nothing special about him, but something about him set me on edge. He was definitely hiding something.
“So what were you two doing? Comparing wolf sizes?” Damien raised an eyebrow.
“We were helping Thea move furniture,” I explained, taking another deep breath to calm myself. “Then that self–important prick told me to back off, said Thea was his and he wouldn’t let me ruin what they had.”
Damien’s expression was somewhere between confusion and amusement. “That’s it?
Sebastian, you’re divorced. She’s not your Luna anymore. Kane, as her suitor, has every right to ask you to keep your distance. Isn’t that exactly what you demanded from Thea when you started dating Aurora?”
I clenched my fists in frustration. “It’s not like that. Why can’t any of you see it?”
I grabbed the files on my desk irritably, my fingers nearly tearing through the carefully prepared contracts. I slammed them back down, scattering office supplies everywhere. First hearing that Aurora had threatened Leo and Roman did nothing, then having to
watch Kane and Thea make eyes at each other.
She was completely infatuated with him. So much that she couldn’t see anything else. What the hell was wrong with her? She was the most cautious person I knew, yet she’d let
him into her life without question.
“What are you talking about?” he asked, studying me intently.
“I don’t know how to explain it, but there’s something about him I don’t like. Something just feels wrong.”
It made no fucking sense, but I couldn’t shake the feeling. That’s why I’d had my Beta secretly put people on investigating him.
Damien was quiet for a moment, and when he spoke, I felt the urge to punch him.
“Could it be that you’re jealous?”
“I’m not fucking jealous of him,” I growled. “Why would I be jealous? I don’t have feelings for Thea, remember?”
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What he was saying was too ridiculous for words. I couldn’t possibly be jealous over Thea. She was just my son’s mother, and I was looking out for her. Nothing more.
“Look, you were married to her for seven years. It’s hard to be with someone that long and not develop any feelings. Especially when they’re not actually evil people.”
I stared at him in shock, then shook my head. “I can’t have feelings for her. I married her because of Leo. My heart has always belonged to Aurora, you know that. That’s why I can’t possibly have feelings for her.”
He was completely insane. People stayed in loveless marriages all the time. Seven years didn’t change the fact that I wasn’t Thea’s biggest fan.