Page 21 of Lightning Strikes

She sneers at us after she calms down and I blink at her. “So she can go whore herself out in another pack? Hopefully they’re smarter there and just put her down before she destroys another family. She’s ruined mine! Everyone believes thatIwas the mistress!”

Angela breaks out of my arms and stalks up to the snake with a thunderous expression on her pale face. “Fuck you, Carolina. We both know that you knew Adam and I were together and were planning on announcing our mating ceremony. The entire pack knew we were together for years. You threw your hat in the ring and took him for yourself, got yourself knocked up to win the prize. Sucks for you that you the only ones he was fucking on the side. Fuck you, fuck yourmate,and will go stop by your family’s pack and give them a damn hug and a casserole for dropping your skanky ass. You’re the most frustrating, venomous bitch I’ve ever met. Why you’d even want me near you while you’re delivering your pup is beyond me. But goes to show how many brain cells you truly have up there.” Ang shrugs and smiles sardonically.

“Fuck you, and fuck you, Adam. Leave me the hell alone. Do not ambush me while I’m out on a walk. Do not call or text me. Do not show up on my land or at my job. Do not follow me around town.” She tilts her head to the side and winks at him. “Did you think my senses stopped working? I have eyes, ears, and a nose. Funny that.” She wiggles her fingers at Carolina and spins to me, sighing as she walks back towards me.

“Let’s get out of here.” I kiss her forehead. I take her hand just as we hear movement and a loud scream behind us… Carolina tackles Angela to the ground and pulls her hair with a crazed gleam in her eyes.

Angela flips her and her hand shifts as she wraps it around Carolina’s neck. “You would be dead if you weren’t with pup, Carolina. Get your act together or you will be put down by someone eventually with that psychotic attitude of yours, especially when you steal another woman’s man and purposefully get knocked up to win some deluded games you’ve conjured in your mind.” Angela jumps up and pales the instant she stands.

I’m still blinking at her in shock… She partially shifted. That’s… not a thing unless you’re with pup.

It hasn’t been done by other shifters… males and females as a whole, since the fae left… We’re getting weaker as the centuries pass. Within the next few generations we might not even be able to shift anymore. Adam is still standing a few feet away just shaking his head.

“I can’t do this Carolina. You’re an embarrassment, not only to me or to the pack, but to yourself. Get your shit together and move out of the alpha house.” He stares at Angela with a tilted head for a few more moments and then smiles. “Congratulations.” He nods at us, shifts into his wolf, and speeds off into the woods.

I furrow my brows, glancing back down at Angela’s terrified expression. She shakes her head and backs away from me. Trembling and staring down at her hands.

“Oh, fuck. Fuck fuck fuck.” She whispers and places her hand over her mouth.

I inhale a deep breath and press my lips together. “Ang… Can you shift?” She shakes her head and the tears fall down her face. I step up to her and cradle her face in my hands. “How long has your wolf been acting up?”

She stares into my eyes and her sad, blue eyes darken with terror. “Since after Cal left… Fuck Mac. I’m pregnant.”

I don’t even pay attention to Carolina who is screeching in the middle of the pack lands as I pick Ang up into my arms to carry her back to my cabin. “Want me to go grab Scout after I drop you off?” She nods into my chest and I kiss her hair. “We’ll figure this out, A. You and me, forever. I’m not going anywhere and neither are my parents. We got you.”

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