Unbreakable (Waifwater Chronicles Book 1) by Cane Laken

Author:Cane, Laken [Cane, Laken]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-07-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

That was the exact moment Abby fell in love with the alpha.

She wouldn’t tell him that, but there it was.

Becky didn’t need to be told. Abby knew the girl could see it in her face, her distorted, awful face.

When Abby looked at her, she saw something she’d never before seen in Becky’s eyes. Pity.

She clenched her hands into fists. “What is wrong with you?”

“Love,” Becky murmured. “Love is what’s wrong with everybody.”

Abby blanched, sure that Becky was going to share with Eli whatever it was she’d found in Abby’s head, but that wasn’t the case.

“I’m in love.” Becky shrugged. “Would you ever have believed that would happen?”

Abby couldn’t even speak for a second, her surprise was so fierce. “No. No, I would not have.” And she wasn’t sure she believed it. No matter what Becky said.

Becky Bates did not…love.

She attached, sort of, as she’d attached to Abby, but she didn’t fall in love.

“Who?” Abby asked.

Becky shrugged. “It doesn’t matter.” She walked away, down the hall and toward the guest bedroom, where she’d spend a night or two or three. Abby would wake up one morning and the girl would be gone without a word of goodbye.

Maybe. Becky was different. Falling in love…

Who knew what she’d do.

Eli motioned Abby to the kitchen table, and after she sat down, he leaned against the wall. “The pocket. What is it?”

“It’s not anything, really,” Abby said, but at the look on his face, she continued. “It’s a secure place I can hide. No one can find me there. If I ever need to escape a really dreadful enemy, the pocket is where I’ll go.” She tugged her hair over her profile.

He studied her for a moment. “The demon?”

“The one who cursed me. Acadia Desrochers. We like to believe that she and my father are lost—that they disappeared into the ether, but we don’t know. If she returns, she will come for me.”

“I’ll move you into Featherclaw. You’ll be safe there.”

“No. I can’t leave One Hex Hollow.”

“Why not?”

“The animals, for one. This is my home. I will not let her run me out. Besides, Becky says chaos is coming. Your pack will have all it can handle without worrying about me and the demon witch.”

“Everything will be fine.” He walked to the table, put his palms on it, and leaned toward her. “I can take care of my pack, and I can take care of you.”

“Eli…” She smiled, but was unable to actually look at him.

“He thinks you are broken,” Becky said, from the kitchen doorway. “He wants to fix you. It’s what he does.”

Abby felt herself go pale and hunched in her seat, a hand to her face.

Eli straightened slowly, and looked at Becky. “I thought you were a mind reader.” His voice was calm. Too calm.

Abby knew him well enough to know that he was furious with the empath.

“I read auras.”

“Not very well,” he said.

“I don’t want her hurt.”

“I don’t want to hurt her.”

Abby got up and without a word to either of them, walked out of the kitchen.

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