Not surprising, al of his pack mates who’d been out patrol ing had given them a lot of space. At least his brother had followed those orders. Ethan was young and more than impetuous and Owen planned to punish him, but right now al he could focus on was Gabriela’s tantalizing scent. After he’d kissed her, tasted her…he was edgy. And swimming in guilt. He remembered the day he’d said those awful words about her. How he’d denied what she’d meant to him to his pack mates. Things between them had literal y changed overnight and their relationship had suddenly become fragile and almost new. They’d been in the process of discovering a sexual and physical side to their relationship and he’d completely screwed things up. He could stil remember the day she’d cut him from her life. He’d asked her to meet him in the woods because he’d wanted to celebrate her birthday just the two of them. She hadn’t shown up so he’d gone to her house, but she’d refused to talk to him.
