Page 41 of Claimed by the Pack

“You knew,” I said to Chase. “You and Ridge both knew he was in my house this whole time. What was he, your spy? You're sick. You're all sick!” I had my hands on both sides of my head, trying to keep it from exploding.

“No,” Chase said. “I mean, I knew he was there, but I wasn't spying on you, Cheyenne. I would never do that.”

I glared at him and then turned on Grayson and said, “You have nothing to say for yourself? You're sick, perverse! You slept with me! You watched me change my clothes! All the while you pretended to be an innocent pup. Oh my God! You're all twisted,” I said, again.

“Dude, you saw her naked?” Chase said.

Grayson growled at him.

I threw my hands up. I was finished, with all of them. Turning on my heel, I started walking toward the apartment. Chase was suddenly on one side of me, and Grayson on the other.

“Please Cheyenne. I came here for Ridge, before he got the alpha's blessings to see you. But I stayed, because I really liked you, and I didn't know how to explain any of this. But, tonight when you were getting ready to go out with Ridge again, I realized it was just too much. It was too wrong and out of control and I had to do something. I planned on just leaving and not ever telling you. But then I saw you crying, and I felt so bad. I would rather you be angry with me, than heartbroken and looking for a dog that wasn't coming back...”

I stopped and it took them both a few steps to realize it.

When Grayson turned back around, I got on my toes and into his face.

Gritting my teeth and practically spitting venom I said, “You...people, or whatever you are, have been playing with me since day one. I've been kidnapped, lied to, made a fool of, and you say you didn't want to see me heartbroken? Are you kidding? I might be inclined to believe that it was exactly what you all wanted. I don't believe anything that any of you say any longer. I don't want to see any of you, ever again. If you leave me alone, starting this very second, then your creepy little secrets are safe with me. But if I see any of you lurking around me again, ever again, the whole world will know about you, and there will be no place any of you can hide!”

I was so angry and my heart was beating so hard and so fast that my chest felt like it was going to split wide open.

I think if either of them had tried to stop me at that point, werewolves or no, I would have ripped them both apart with my bare hands. I stormed back towards my apartment, only to be stopped again, this time by a brick wall.

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