ouch, sketching idly in her noteboo

lanced through her h

rgaret has collapsed! The doctors a

and frantic that it cut thro

asked, alarmed by Fr

said, already on her

to go. Whatever happened between you and Ni

Freya whis

her-in-law?" Fiona

eya grabbed her purse, her mind

her the keys. "Call me

n Pack House, her heart pounding wildly. Several pa

asked the first pe

oom," the woman

g herself for the worst. She pushe

sofa, a teacup in her perfectly steady ha

aimed, setting down her cup wit

n and anger flickering acros

garet replied cheerfully.

lapsed," Freya said through gritted

Olivia being dramatic. I just mentioned feeling a

n tensed with irritation. "Was this Niklau

ed. "He's been at work all day." She patted

reya sat. "I c

ry in her eyes. "I was so concerned. Nikla

et had always been kind, had welcomed her into the pac

and me are... complicate

What's complicated abou

ng the contract marriage. "I don't think Niklaus wants to be with me. N

rows shot up. "

e except when he needed something. He's never once told me he loves me

He takes after his father that way. Mikael hardly said ten romantic

insisted. "I'm not what he wa

n't make mistakes, Freya. If she made you two ma

t knew how their mating had really started--wi

n Goddess gets it wrong," she s

haven't been entirely honest with you. The doctors were here

froze.

her voice trembling slightly. "And knowing my son and his

et about the divorce, abou

ashed ov

ded reluctantly. "But then I need

ret's face. "Thank you,

ept up a steady stream of conversation about pack business. Niklaus hadn't come home for

rying about him. He was unreasonable and

, she was struck by how unchanged it was. Her small trinkets still sat on the van

r, surprise flashing across his handsome face before it settled into a com

come back. His strategy of freezing her assets had wor

her distance. "I'm only here because Margaret

ser to her. "Leaving? Where

the light from the hallway. His scent mixed with

knot in her stomach. Rebekah'

? Had he been at the hospital tak

and loosened his tie. He spread his arms, waiting--expecting her

sting with disgust. "Your smell