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messed up when it came to you. I should never have let your
mother convince me that you would be better off not knowing
about your werewolf heritage."
"Don't be so hard on yourself, Royce." Standing on tip toe,
Roxie lightly kissed his cheek. "You did what you thought was
right. Your intentions were good, but now that you have
owned up to your mistakes, you're going to help me fix
them."
"What exactly do you have in mind?"
"First of all you're going to teach me everything I need to
know about being a werewolf. Then we will work on Beowulf.
I hope you're up to a little role-playing because I intend to
make Beowulf so jealous he won't be able to put his feelings
for me aside."
"I think I'm up to the challenge. As for making Beowulf
jealous, that shouldn't be too hard to do. Werewolf males are
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notorious for not tolerating another male near their mates. All
it will take would be for the two of us to show up at Wulf's
Den together and then let nature take its course."
Roxie smiled. Beowulf had been quick to push her into the
arms of another man. She was more than willing to show him
he had made a huge mistake. When she got through with
him, the poor man wouldn't know what hit him.
* * * *
Pushing open Beowulf's bedroom door, Wade snorted in
disgust. The room reeked with the smell of alcohol. Looking
over at the large bed, he found Beowulf stretched out naked
on top of the sheets, snoring. An empty Scotch bottle lay next
to him on one side of the bed. A t-shirt that belonged to Roxie
was held in his outstretched hand.
Every morning since Beowulf had come home from Roxie's
parents' house alone, he could be found looking the worse for
wear from drinking most of the night away. Wade decided it
was time to snap Beowulf out of his depression. Stalking over
to the bed, he grabbed Beowulf and slung him over his
shoulder. Beowulf mumbled something unintelligible as
Roxie's shirt floated to the floor.
Once in the bathroom, he opened the shower door and
stepped inside. Propping Beowulf up against the wall, Wade
aimed one shower head in his direction and turned the cold
water on full blast. Beowulf bellowed with outrage. Wade
turned the water off.
"Well, are you back among the living yet?"
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Wiping the water out of his eyes, Beowulf glared at Wade.
"What the hell did you do that for?"
"I've had enough of your sulking. You miss her, I get that.
I also think it's time you stopped feeling sorry for yourself and
go get Roxie back."
"You know I can't do that."
"Wrong answer." Wade blasted Beowulf with the cold water
again.
"Cut it out, Wade. You're starting to piss me off," Beowulf
growled.
"Good. At least I'm making you feel something. I can't
stand by and watch you drink yourself into a stupor every
night."
"It's the only way I can deal with..." Beowulf let his words
fade away as if he found it too painful to say the rest.
"I know it's the only way you feel you can deal with Roxie
not being around. But it also means you're still bonded to her.
Don't you think she's going through the same thing?"
"No, I don't. She has Royce now."
"Then fight him for her. Make her see that she belongs
with you and not him."
"I can't. I doubt she would take me back anyway." Leaning
his head back against the cool tile wall, Beowulf closed his
eyes.
"And why wouldn't she? I know for a fact she loves you."
"I know. She told me that at her parents' house, but I still
gave her to Royce even though she tried to stop me."
"You gave her to Royce?! I thought you were a lot smarter
than that, bro." Twisting the tap one final time, Wade hit
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Beowulf with the cold water before he stomped out of the
shower stall and went back into the bedroom.
A few minutes later Beowulf came out of the bathroom
with a thick towel wrapped around his hips. He glared at
Wade. "What did you expect me to do, Wade? Royce was so
sure Roxie was his mate reincarnated. You know what our law
states about that. I had no choice."
"Bullshit. Some of our laws are antiquated and have no
bearing on modern society, and well you know it. When was
the last time a reincarnated mate was claimed? Not in my
lifetime."
"It doesn't matter. You know as pack leader, I have to do
everything by the book."
"So you would rather stay pack leader at the cost of
finding happiness with Roxie."
"That's what I told her."
Wade shook his head sadly. "You're pathetic, Beowulf. You
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