Chapter 131

“Fuck!” Brigitte said. “You’re right. I was the reason Phillipe died, not Quinn. I had to be punished for tossing him the knife, and who better to hurt me than the one I harmed by my actions.”

“Rene and Sasha are much better leaders than I gave them credit for,” Quinn said. “What they did was very nuanced and reasoned, but they left it to us to figure it out.”

“Which we wouldn’t have done until Jessica asked why you were doing what you did. I thought, wrongly, that you wanted a mate after Adriana died, and chose me, and that was the reason you wanted Phillipe out of the way,” Brigitte said. “We hated each other too much to question what the other one was doing.”

“That’s the reason I didn’t understand your explanation. If Quinn really wanted you as a mate, why he’d treat you as badly as he did. Even wolves had to know you don’t get someone to care for you by treating you like shit.”

“Which brings us to the reason why you’re here this evening, Jess. I need to f