Ava took a step back from the venom in Jared’s voice.
“I... What’s going on, Jared?”
“Alpha Anderson,” Jared corrected with a snarl.
Her heart sank as she took another step back. How had she been completely taken in by him? There was no sign of the concerned and sometimes flirty wolf she had dealt with before. So why had he helped her? Why had he given her a room in his house? It hadn’t felt like he was faking it, and her instincts would have been screaming if she had been in danger.
“Don’t look me in the eyes when you address me,” Jared continued. “Unless you want to challenge me. And we all know how well you do in a fight.”
She looked down and swallowed. She didn’t feel scared of him, just a crushing disappointment that Ezekiel had been right.
Jared hadn’t even looked for her after
