Chapter 154

Vera's POV Everything would have gone smoothly if that bitch’s daughter hadn’t interfered. I was so close to making Wade mine, but Maya just had to show up right when I was about to seal the damn deal. I thought she was untrained and raw. I honestly believed she was still a novice. But whatever she pulled back at my cottage? That wasn’t some beginner’s trick. I’m pissed, at myself, at everything. If I hadn’t wasted time making out with Wade like some teenager, and just gone all the way, I wouldn’t be stuck here right now. Ciara would have been long gone, and Wade would have been mine. She doesn’t deserve him. She doesn’t even know him like I do. She hadn’t been here long, yet somehow he wanted her so badly. It killed me to watch him with her. Wade was the only person who actually cared about me when I got here. I was terrified at first. Sure, the coven who rescued me was right next door to the pack, but I still felt like someone might come after me again. Wade put his arm around me, pu