Beaufort Creek Shifters (10 book series)
The Wolf’s Secret Twins Chapter 16

Virginia

No, this wasn't happening. This wasn't real. It wasn't possible.

Slater had promised.

With his entire being, with his hands on mine, with his mouth inches away from my lips, he had sworn e wouldn't leave me in the dust. Why was it over so soon?

Why had he chosen to do it over text?

I gaped at my phone while I fought the urge to vomit. Just hours ago, he'd been here with the kids, playing games at an ungodly level while lc wouldn't give me anything.

I crushed my phone in my hand. I knew he was going to hurt us.

I stood up from the couch and went to the bedroom where the twins were quietly reading. Every inch twins visiting to which she responded it was fine.

Everything would be fine. Eventually. But perhaps someone like me didn't deserve all that. Someone to be faithful to me when I couldn't be bothered to tell him something ridiculously important?

As soon as the kids kissed me goodbye, I held my breath. I counted their steps, the sound fading into And then I screamed.

Layers of hatred came undone in a flash. Resentment returned with a vengeance, hundreds of hours s headlights come right at me.

I blinked.

I was on my back on the floor with the ceiling in view. I thought I had my phone in my hand, but it was delivered.

What was happening to me? Was this what a mate death felt like?

urned with rage, but I managed

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No, that was ridiculous. Slater wasn't dead. He was abandoning me. This was entirely different-and in many ways, it was so much worse. Bet slow-release capsules for melatonin. Little doses of it would appear in intervals until it was rotted out of my system.

And I knew that would never happen. I would feel the debris from this for ages to come. The twins would grow up, go off on their own, get ma and Slater had just sealed my fate.

Somehow, I managed to get to my hands and knees. I stared at the carpet, heaved a few times, thought I was about to crumble until I got to My whole face felt like an icicle while my eyes burned behind my closed lids. The parts of my skin that weren't covered in cloth felt frigid like understand why it had to happen.

Had someone given us up? Was Blake angry? Maybe someone was trying to take him away from me. That was the only reasonable explanation But he hadn't told me. had he? Slater had never quite said those three magical words. He just took my body when he wanted and then got hi