Tiger Betrayed by Tressie Lockwood

Author:Tressie Lockwood [Lockwood, Tressie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00FNWK51O
Goodreads: 18690591
Publisher: Sugar and Spice Press
Published: 2013-10-03T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Deja stared at the ceiling in her room and then rolled over. The sun would come up soon, but she hadn’t gotten a lick of sleep. Nor by the sound of it had Ward. He’d stumbled around and paced the night away, and her heart went out to him. How did everything get so screwed up so fast? What would it take to get them all back on track, especially her and Heath, and Ward and Coreen? Heath had spent the night with Tina. She knew that, but she kept turning her mind away from thoughts of them being intimate. The bond they’d had was broken. She still loved him with everything inside, but it seemed like the connection, the glue that held them together had melted away. Now he wanted Tina, and while she sort of got the whole shifter mate deal, in a way, this felt like just one more man who couldn’t be faithful. He wanted the better deal, the sexier woman. She couldn’t help blaming him in part even though it was her who had lost the fight.

Tears spilled down her cheeks, and she reached up to swipe them away. They had had sex last night, but no love softened it. Lust and need drove them to satisfy the physical part of her. The act left her cold and lonely. She’d given in as a means to say good-bye, but now that she looked back, she realized she’d hoped he would stay. Fuck ancient laws and just stay with her forever. He hadn’t. He’d chosen Tina.

“No choice, my ass.”

She rolled to a sitting position and stood up. Last night, she neglected to tell Heath about the girls’ diagnosis. He had a right to know, but a sense of wanting to stay in their lives and protect them, not to mention raising them, she had kept the truth to herself. Now, she would act. Let Heath play house with the skank.

Still teary, she showered and dressed, all the while thinking of a way to get out of Siberia without the guards stopping her. She intended to take the girls and get them help the only place she knew of that might be able to. First, she would visit Jake and get him to go along. When he left, he had given her an email address to contact him. They had wanted to stay friends, and she thought nothing of it. When Heath began working too much, and the fears of having a killer loose got to her, plus the added feeling of being trapped too long with two toddlers and no social life, she’d broken down and contacted him. He had sent her his address, and she’d visited him. Heath wouldn’t like it, but he could kiss her ass at this point.

Once the girls were ready, she carried them to the kitchen, listening for movement in the house. No one stirred now, and she slipped out to bundle the girls in the minivan. A half mile from the edge of town, she stopped the vehicle and chewed a nail.

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