Chapter 32

Marla started to cry. “Kane, don’t be angry with me. I... I didn’t want to do it. I know how you feel but...” She took a deep breath and swallowed hard. “I have a confession to make. About a week after the challenge, Ryne came back to see me. He needed money to leave the area and start fresh somewhere else, and he wanted me to sell off all his remaining pictures. I said I could find buyers for all of them, but not the picture of you—I remembered what you’d said—but he was desperate for money and I... I loved him, and I wanted to help. I never thought that the picture could endanger the pack. I... I’m so sorry.”

With that, Marla ran from the room. A minute later, her bedroom door could be heard slamming shut.

Kane stood with his fists clenched, a muscle working in his jaw, then he shoved Marla’s chair against the wall and stormed out.

Elise woke the next morning and saw that Kane’s side of the bed was undisturbed. Had he been so angry that he’d not come home at all