Gavin (Northern Ohio Shifters #3)

Excerpt from Brick

“Why are you helping me like this?” Jade asked.

“Because you remind me of Sadie. And also because I knew your mother once upon a time, and I miss her. She was a sweet, kind female,” Evelyn said.

Jade felt a tightness in her chest. She hadn’t been allowed to talk about her mom, who’d been ousted from the pack when Jade was too young to remember her. The only thing she knew for sure was that her mom and dad had been an arranged mating and her mom had been miserable. Holloway clearly hadn’t been good at arranging matings, and Jade doubted he’d gotten any better at it over the years.

Giving Evelyn a hug, she said, “Thank you so much.”

“Sadie’s in a town called Whisper Creek. You can have Alli take you there to visit with her. And Alli knows how to get in touch with me without compromising your safety.”

“What if you get in trouble?”

She shrugged. “It’s worth it to help you. Dane Malrick is dangerous on a hundred different levels and the life you’d have with him would be brutal, I’m certain. I can give you a chance at a good life, and I want that for you.”

“You could come with me.”

“Maybe someday I’ll leave, but today is about you.”

They discussed the patrol schedule, and then Jade stripped and shifted into her wolf form. Evelyn tucked her clothes and shoes into the crossbody bag along with some cash and a few granola bars. When the coast was clear straight through the territory from Evelyn’s house, she opened the back door and Jade hurried off, her paws silent as she made her way through the woods, her heart racing with fear and uncertainty. She didn’t know what the future would bring, but she knew that this was possibly her only chance at freedom, and she had to take it.