I could stay with Carla.' Jesse didn't have a lot of close friends once the werewolves came out, and everyone learned whose daughter she was. 'I don't want to cause trouble,' Jesse said. That was why I knew she'd take the kids in now. She hadn't, her eldest daughter told me, wanted Gabriel to graduate without his mother in the audience. She'd waited until she was sure he'd seen her - then she left.

If you're too proud to say you're sorry - I'll keep him!' at the top of my lungs. This time I would be more diplomatic and wouldn't leave yelling, 'Fine. This was different - this time it wasn't Sylvia versus the werewolves. 'Or she wouldn't be so stubborn about being mad.' I didn't need to tell him about the conversation Sylvia and I had had right before he finished high school. 'She loves you,' I told him, getting out of the car. If you are, I'll do it.' He closed his eyes, shook his head. 'If I'm right, you get to clean the bathroom at the shop next. 'They'd never believe that she'd give the Alpha's daughter shelter,' I told him. She had been quite clear on how she felt about the werewolves. They will know her feelings on the werewolves.' Sylvia Sandoval had been interviewed by the local paper when Adam and I had gotten married a few months ago because her son worked for me, and Adam was a local celebrity.

They'll also know that you and your mother haven't spoken a word since before last Christmas. 'Look,' I said, not for the first time, 'if they know all of the pack, then they know about you and Jesse, and they can guess I've stashed you with her. Gabriel was still arguing when we drove into the apartment complex in east Kennewick where his mother and sisters lived.

Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs