Page 118 of Moon Claimed

He knew that.

“Such a dick move.” Pushing past, I ran into the bungalow for my clothes.

Fuck,I didn’t have any.

“Andie Thana, get your ass out here!”

Dread curling around my heart, I gave up the hunt for clothes and trudged down the hallway in my sheet.

Outside, Wade folded his arms when he saw me. He’d driven Ella F here.

“Hey.” I crossed the distance.

“You’re in a sheet.”

“I… ruined my clothes.”

“When you shifted into a wolf,” he said coldly.

I lowered my head.Dammit, Sascha.“When I turned into a wolf, yes.”

“That fucker bit you in Water.” He began to pace. Wade stopped abruptly, fists bunching. “When did you first shift?”

“Night before Timber.” I’d never seen himthis furious. Holy shit.

“The night you wanted time to yourself. That’s why you moved out to the cabin. What thefuck,Andie?”

I closed my eyes. “I didn’t want to put you in a position where you had to lie to the tribe.”

“Ialreadylie to the tribe for you.”

“I know. But thisis another level. I couldn’t face you.”

He squared his shoulders, grey eyes flashing. “You didn’t trust me.”

“I trust you.”

“You didn’t trust meenough.”

I remained mute. “Stewards are raised to hate Luthers. Even if they don’t learn about the wolf part until later, I hear the way mothers talk about thepeople on the south sideto their kids. It’s not that I didn’t trust you enough. It’s that I feared…”

“What?” he said, unfolding his arms.

We looked at each other.

Wade didn’t budge. “If I had to wake up to that shitty text and drive over here believing you were dead, then you can say the fucking hard words in front of this pack.”

My lips twitched.

His eyes narrowed. “Don’t you smirk at me.”

I crossed the gap. “I didn’t know if your love for me would be greater than a lifetime of prejudice.”

Wade’s shoulders sagged, and I hugged him around the middle.

His arms didn’t come around me. “What do you think now?”

I peeked up. “That youmightlove me more than a lifetime of prejudice?”