Chapter 29. Bakery Gossip

Aluma gets us back to our home with Lynn in tow. “Can I get some water?”

“Go for it.” Aluma sits on the couch, and she lets go, falling in the background while pushing me forward. I blink a few times, never having been out of control of my own body for that long.

Thank you, Aluma.

You don’t need to thank me. You just need to cut the shit! I need you to stay on point and stop letting that bitch get to you. Aluma throws a block up, and I assume she’s going to use this time to rest up.

Everything she said is true. I need to focus on what’s in front of me rather than allow myself to spiral out of control at any little issue. There was a time when Aluma and I didn’t see eye to eye. She hated how I bent to Stuart’s will. She always wanted to push through and take control. Stuart’s wolf changed, and that changed Aluma. He has as much control over her as Stuart had over me. The fact is, though, we should have tried harder. We shoul