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He brushed his knuckles across her bare arm. “Absolutely any time.”
She got into her car with her mates watching over her, and she shuddered at how easy it would be to get used to it. They saw her off, and she made her way back to the pack house.
She got out of the car and took a few steps toward the house when she heard the hiss. “You bitch!”
She whirled to see Beth storming toward her, tears streaking down her cheeks.
“Good evening, Beth.”
Beth lifted her hand and tried to hit Ruby. Ruby lifted a hand and caught her wrist. She caught the other hand in turn and then said softly, “Why are you mad, Beth? Are you mad because I saw you, or are you mad because when he saw me, he treated you like he treated me? Which one is it? I have been telling you for over a year that he’s a bastard.”
Beth went limp. “I’m pregnant.”
“Sure. You can join the other two women who have his kids. Fertile bugger.”
“Other two...”
“Yes. I told you that he already had kids. I made sure you knew it. You were too busy mooning over him and trying to imagine what life would be like with him that you didn’t pay attention.”
“You knew how I felt about him!”
“And I couldn’t get away! He wouldn’t let me go! I was trying to go!” she shouted and pushed Beth back.
Beth looked at her with a hurt expression. “You could have just left. I would have kept him here.”
Ruby stood straight with her body glowing. “I can’t leave the city. I have told you that before, and if I do, I will be torn apart by creatures so terrible that it makes you recoil in horror. Beautiful and brutal.”
Beth blinked. “You... you... you’re an Elite!”
“More or less. This is the same person that you betrayed, the same one that you mocked in my house. The same one whose wedding gown you stole.”
“That was... I thought it would be fun to pretend to be you.”
Ruby crossed her arms. “How did that work out for you? Entering my home against my will and ruining a sixty-five-thousand-dollar dress. You and he will be paying for that, by the way. He insisted I buy that one, so you two can reimburse me.”
Beth looked horrified. “Sixty-fi—”
“Yeah. Sucks to suck, huh?”
Leon’s hand touched her arm. “Enough, Ruby. Go inside.”
Grey went to speak with Beth, and Ruby turned and walked toward the house when she heard another vehicle show up. She kept walking. A feeling of rejection sank through her until she remembered the touch of Rayden and Marshall. She was wanted. She was cared for, and she belonged to someone. She shrank to her beta self and changed for bed. She crept under her bed, set her alarms, and tried to calm herself. She licked her lips and tasted Rayden. A slight smile was on her mouth as the thought of being safe that she felt with them filled her. She was out in seconds.
* * * *
Grey sent Beth on her way, and he looked at the concerned face of the neighbour who had stopped. “It’s all right, Jim.”
Jim stared at Ruby’s back. “Is that an Elite female? Holy shit.”
“Yes, Jim. That is Ruby.”
Beth left, but before she left, she asked, “Is she really going to charge me for the dress?”
Grey shrugged. “If she said she is, she is.”
“I don’t have that kind of money.”
“Then you should not have damaged the dress.”
