stop trying to provoke me.”
“Nah. You deserve it and much more. If you had any damn clue how many nights I heard her crying in her room because she missed you, you’d understand. To me, you deserved to come home to see her with another man.”
Jasper growled and stepped toward his best friend. “Brother, you are close to getting yourself hurt. Do not challenge me.”
“I’m not one of your fucking wolves to command. Sidda is a sister to me, and you hurt her. I should have flown to Romania and kicked your ass for all the pain you caused her.” Cole slammed the pool stick down.
“You’re right.” Jasper’s eyes stung with the pain of what he’d done to Sidda, but he wasn’t going to let Cole push him. “You’re not one of my wolves. If you were, I’d have you on the fucking ground with my teeth in your throat.”
“Fuck you, man. I’ve talked you up for years because I knew y’all were right for each other. That someday you’d come back to her and give her everything. That is the only reason I’ve never said anything to her about your piece of ass you had trotting around behind you in Romania.”
Jasper stumbled during his approach to Cole. “What?” His heart hammered in his chest.
“You didn’t think I knew? I heard her once. She was talking to someone else while you were talking to me. I heard her say she’d been staying with you. If Sidda ever knew, she’d never speak to you again. She waited her whole life for you, and you couldn’t wait for her. I wanted to tell her to stop waiting, to hate you, but I couldn’t because she loves you. Don’t ask me to do anything else for you. I can’t.”
Cole turned and stomped out of the room. He was wrong. Jasper had never had anyone else. Vivian wasn’t his piece of ass, but he knew that just like Cole, Sidda wouldn’t understand what had happened. He cursed himself for never explaining to either one of them what and who Vivian was. Hell, he’d been shocked to find out that the pack’s Visioner’s daughter was still alive. The girl that he had been prophesied to mate with. Scarlett Dowery, the pack’s Visioner had told them all that Jasper Gandillion was to mate with her daughter. That had been just weeks before Scarlett had gone missing. Since the time Jasper and his family had gone to the cabin to wait out the Pack War he hadn’t seen or heard from Vivian Dowery, until Romania. She’d been living with pack members, hiding from Dane Velham. He ran a hand down his face. Cole wouldn’t say anything and hopefully would keep his temper under control until Jasper could explain it all to them. If not, Jasper knew he’d have one hell of a mess on his hands.
* * * *
Sidda moaned, slowly opening her eyes. She blinked. The ceiling above her was tongue-and-groove wood. The smooth sheets under her skin were way too soft and silky for a hospital. She groaned. Damn, she’d been in the hospital.
Shaking her head, she sat up. She didn’t have a freakin’ clue where…
“Son of a bitch. I’m gonna kill his ass.” She snatched the deep blue sheet off.
Her feet hit the cold hardwood floor, and she took a second to look down. She was dressed, kinda. Jasper’s tee shirt would have to do for this ass whippin’.
The room, a silver almost grey color, would have relaxed her if she hadn’t been so pissed. She grabbed the bronze doorknob, jerked it open, and found herself in the largest family room she’d ever been in. It was at least a thousand square feet, with two large fireplaces, bookshelves along every wall, a pool table, a foosball table, and three large sofas. One held the mutt who’d kidnapped her.
“Watch that tongue, babe.”
She glared at him. Inside, she was boiling with anger. “You son of a bitch. I can’t believe you kidnapped me! I told you I didn’t want to come here. I don’t even know where here is, but I wanted to go home.”
She grabbed a lamp from the table and slung it at him. He easily ducked. But she still
“Nah. You deserve it and much more. If you had any damn clue how many nights I heard her crying in her room because she missed you, you’d understand. To me, you deserved to come home to see her with another man.”
Jasper growled and stepped toward his best friend. “Brother, you are close to getting yourself hurt. Do not challenge me.”
“I’m not one of your fucking wolves to command. Sidda is a sister to me, and you hurt her. I should have flown to Romania and kicked your ass for all the pain you caused her.” Cole slammed the pool stick down.
“You’re right.” Jasper’s eyes stung with the pain of what he’d done to Sidda, but he wasn’t going to let Cole push him. “You’re not one of my wolves. If you were, I’d have you on the fucking ground with my teeth in your throat.”
“Fuck you, man. I’ve talked you up for years because I knew y’all were right for each other. That someday you’d come back to her and give her everything. That is the only reason I’ve never said anything to her about your piece of ass you had trotting around behind you in Romania.”
Jasper stumbled during his approach to Cole. “What?” His heart hammered in his chest.
“You didn’t think I knew? I heard her once. She was talking to someone else while you were talking to me. I heard her say she’d been staying with you. If Sidda ever knew, she’d never speak to you again. She waited her whole life for you, and you couldn’t wait for her. I wanted to tell her to stop waiting, to hate you, but I couldn’t because she loves you. Don’t ask me to do anything else for you. I can’t.”
Cole turned and stomped out of the room. He was wrong. Jasper had never had anyone else. Vivian wasn’t his piece of ass, but he knew that just like Cole, Sidda wouldn’t understand what had happened. He cursed himself for never explaining to either one of them what and who Vivian was. Hell, he’d been shocked to find out that the pack’s Visioner’s daughter was still alive. The girl that he had been prophesied to mate with. Scarlett Dowery, the pack’s Visioner had told them all that Jasper Gandillion was to mate with her daughter. That had been just weeks before Scarlett had gone missing. Since the time Jasper and his family had gone to the cabin to wait out the Pack War he hadn’t seen or heard from Vivian Dowery, until Romania. She’d been living with pack members, hiding from Dane Velham. He ran a hand down his face. Cole wouldn’t say anything and hopefully would keep his temper under control until Jasper could explain it all to them. If not, Jasper knew he’d have one hell of a mess on his hands.
* * * *
Sidda moaned, slowly opening her eyes. She blinked. The ceiling above her was tongue-and-groove wood. The smooth sheets under her skin were way too soft and silky for a hospital. She groaned. Damn, she’d been in the hospital.
Shaking her head, she sat up. She didn’t have a freakin’ clue where…
“Son of a bitch. I’m gonna kill his ass.” She snatched the deep blue sheet off.
Her feet hit the cold hardwood floor, and she took a second to look down. She was dressed, kinda. Jasper’s tee shirt would have to do for this ass whippin’.
The room, a silver almost grey color, would have relaxed her if she hadn’t been so pissed. She grabbed the bronze doorknob, jerked it open, and found herself in the largest family room she’d ever been in. It was at least a thousand square feet, with two large fireplaces, bookshelves along every wall, a pool table, a foosball table, and three large sofas. One held the mutt who’d kidnapped her.
“Watch that tongue, babe.”
She glared at him. Inside, she was boiling with anger. “You son of a bitch. I can’t believe you kidnapped me! I told you I didn’t want to come here. I don’t even know where here is, but I wanted to go home.”
She grabbed a lamp from the table and slung it at him. He easily ducked. But she still
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