I Faked My Death, and the Alpha at My Grave Has Lost His Wolf novel · Chapter 13 of 24

Chapter 13: Seventy Days Late

I did not wait to hear what he would say next.

I took my coat off my arm and walked back down the aisle I had just crossed.

Behind me Frank was shouting again, and a woman was saying "Jesus, Mary and Joseph" over and over.

Nobody got in my way.

The sleet had started while we were inside.

It rattled on the roofs of the parked trucks and turned the gravel lot white at the edges.

I stood by the Ford with my coat open and let it hit my face.

Anton came out a minute later and stopped ten feet off.

He had left his hat inside.

"You said you'd answer anything I asked," I said. "Term three."

"I did."

"I asked you whether you ever wanted me, and you told me about the Easter dance."

"That was true," he said.

"It was not the answer," I said. "I stood at that fence and asked you about my whole marriage, and you left out the one thing that explained it."

"You never asked it," Anton said.

That was fair, and I wanted to hit him for it.

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