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I stood there, completely mute, as the reality of Eva's words sank in and the pain rushed over me like a tidal wave. My hands curled into tight fists, my fingernails cutting into my skin, and in the back of my mind I registered my Wolf's painful howls as she realized what the redhead's words entailed. Gabriel had slept with someone else before me. He had given the most intimate part of himself away to another she-wolf.
Gritting my teeth to fight against a sudden bout of nausea, my eyes found Gabriel's. The guilt and self-loathing were burning so brightly in his eyes I could nearly feel the sentiments myself. Perhaps I was feeling an echo of his raging emotions. I couldn't help the surge of betrayal that emerged. How could he do something like that? With her of all people?
Gabri
