Chapter 113

I took a lot of time to think as morning transitioned into afternoon, finally pausing in my trek to lie down in the thick grass near a gurgling stream. Panting, I realized I had indeed released some of the pent-up tension I had been feeling. My Wolf was slightly calmer now although she still itched to go rip Eva's head off. Once I was lying there, stretched out and bathing in the bright sunlight, I allowed myself to really go over Eva's words. 'Lovers,' she'd said. The pieces were not difficult to place together, and it was easy to see that she was talking about Gabriel when she'd said she was in love with someone. They'd slept together and she had a profound hatred for me. It only made sense that she was in love with my Mate, as infuriating as that was. What I hoped was that 'lovers' was an exaggeration. Gabriel had rarely shown ME any emotion, and it would cut deeply to think that he'd been in love before. Somehow, though, I couldn't picture him being in lov