All's Fair in Love and Wolf by Terry Spear

Author:Terry Spear [Spear, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2018-02-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

When CJ, Jenna, and Sarandon sat in the living room with Alex’s adoptive parents, Sarandon hoped they would learn where Alex was now.

Sarandon couldn’t have been prouder of Jenna for soothing the dad’s concerns and convincing him this was best for their adopted son. He was glad she’d offered her lawyer to represent Alex.

Once Anton had explained everything to his wife, Sarandon said, “The lawyer is really good. He helped get my fingerprints expedited, and he was there at the hearing to help clear me. We’ll all do what we can to help Alex with this situation. I won’t press charges against him for using my ID to impersonate me. We just want to ensure he knows he has family in Silver Town. We don’t mean to take away from the importance the two of you have always had in his life, since you’ve served as his real family all these years.”

Sarah had been quietly crying off and on but finally raised her hand to speak as if she were in school and needed permission. Sarandon thought she was going to offer something about Alex, but instead, she said, “Ritka killed her.”

“We don’t know that,” Anton said, rubbing her back, looking alarmed, and glancing from one brother to the other.

“Ritka did. She’d been talking about hiring a hunter to shoot something that was getting in her way.” Sarah sniffled and wiped her eyes. “I didn’t know what she meant by that. I knew she was seeing Sheridan and that he had a mate. I never told Anton. Then suddenly Sheridan’s mate was shot in a hunting accident.”

A cold sweat washed over Sarandon. Seeing his mother accidentally killed in front of him and his brothers had been devastating enough. If it had been murder and Ritka was behind it? If she wasn’t already dead, he’d want to take her down himself. CJ was clenching his fists, his face red with anger.

Jenna’s eyes were filled with tears, and she reached over to take Sarandon’s hand in a comforting manner.

“I didn’t really put all the pieces together. Not until after Ritka had died and your pack leader, your cousin, put Sheridan down. By then, it was too late to mention it to anyone. Ritka’s sister knew we couldn’t have children, or so we thought. We’d been trying for years, and nothing came of it. Evie didn’t want the boy, just the girl. We were thrilled to take Alex in, though it was on the condition that we never told Ritka about the arrangement. She never came to see the kids anyway, so it really wasn’t a problem. Then I got pregnant right away with Burt, and we were filled with joy that we had two little boys to raise. I don’t believe Alex would do what you said he did. Not unless he was coerced, maybe. Can you really clear his name?”

Sarandon couldn’t imagine any woman doing anything more hateful than what Ritka might have done. On the other hand, Alex was

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