EVANGELINE I stared at him in shock, my mouth falling open as I waited for him to laugh at me or say something to let me know that it was all a joke, but it never came. His words hung in the air between us like dynamite, and each time I opened my mouth to speak, my words caught in my throat. Inside of me, my wolf was beginning to stir. This was exactly what she wanted. She was always team Nicholas, but surely, that couldn’t have been what he meant, right? He’d been nothing but cruel to me of recent, how could he want me? “I—are you-” I couldn’t help but trip over my words. “What did you-” “Sorry I’m late!” a voice cut in, interrupting what I was about to say, “This place is beautiful. I love what you did with the place, Eva—is that a dog?” As always, Bella took up space in whatever r

