Quanah I walked past my brother, ignoring his sour expression. If he wanted to coddle the lying witch, that was his problem. I wasn’t going to play along. My people were happy, no denying it. We could finally live as a united pack again, as it had been years ago. The exile was over. But at what cost? I had accepted that the curse would never be broken by me. I swore never to touch a virgin woman. That’s why I took the opposite path, going against everything and everyone to never get close to an innocent girl. I opened the club to ensure I’d stay as far away as possible. My bed was frequented by the hottest, most uninhibited, and confident women I knew. So I couldn’t stop asking myself: what the hell had gotten into me to take Bridget to bed? Part of me kept saying her act with that

