Convincing Emily [Wolff Pack 2] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) Read Online Free

go over too well as an adult. He inwardly cringed at the thought.
    The bedroom door opened with a creak, and Thomas hid his smile. Emily never could stay locked up in her room for long. She hated being alone. He turned to face her when she entered the room wearing jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt and black knee-high boots. Thomas raised his eyebrows in question, but was only met with a frown.
    He opened his mouth to say something and Emily held up her hand to stop him.
    “I didn’t go grocery shopping yesterday. Can we go out and grab some dinner?”
    “O–o–okay…are we going to talk about…” He let the sentence trail off, not really sure how to voice the question.
    “I’m hungry, and I really don’t want to talk about anything else but food. Nothing happened. End of story.”
    “Seriously? Come on, Emily…” he said, disbelieving.
    Something was off, he could feel it. He took a step toward her and she made a big pretense of looking for her purse. She completely ignored his inquiry, silently telling him, “End of subject.”
    “Fine. Dinner. Let’s go.” He pushed his unease back and waved her ahead of him to the door. He would take her to the Alpha’s and force her to face this problem head-on. If she wouldn’t open up and talk to him about what was bothering her, his hands were tied. The wolves wouldn’t tuck tail and run. She was their mate whether she liked it or not. They were actually showing great restraint. Hell, if he were in their shoes, he would have stormed her home and demanded answers.
    Thomas shut the door behind them with more force than necessary. Emily glanced back at him with a slight frown on her pretty face. “Problem?” He just shook his head and started down the steps, urging her forward toward his truck.
    He pressed the keyless entry and heard the satisfying sound of the locks springing up. They climbed in and pulled on their seatbelts in silence. After making sure Emily was safely buckled in, he started the engine and eased down the snow-covered driveway. At the main road, Thomas turned right without taking his eyes off the road. He saw Emily glancing around a second before her pissed-off gaze landed on him. Here it comes.
    “Tommy…Where the hell are we going?” How many times have I asked her to call me Thomas? “Tommy!” He didn’t answer. Nothing he said would make a difference at this point. “Fine. Forget it.”
    With those three words, she crossed her arms over her chest and stared out the window. He stole a glance at her and almost changed his mind. She looked so lost and small it tugged at his heart. He pressed the gas harder before he turned the truck around. He was doing the right thing. He hoped.
     
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    The silence in the truck was deafening. Emily hated not being honest with her brother, but she was too ashamed to tell him the truth. She continued to stare out the window while memories from her past flashed through her mind in a kaleidoscope of painful images. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes in an attempt to stop the thoughts before they took hold. The old wound was still there, and being in the same room with wolves would only risk it reopening. It was like picking at a scab until it was raw and bleeding again.
    She was a bear…they were wolves. The two didn’t belong together. She would go to her Alpha’s for dinner and get this over with as quickly as possible. They could both go home to their pack and she would stay where she was, with her clan. There could be another mate out there for her. Emily shook her head even as the thought entered her mind. The chances of that were almost zero and she wasn’t going to kid herself. Better to be alone. Everything would work out, it had to.
    The landscape flew by and as they approached their Alpha’s home, Emily’s muscles tensed. Her palms became sweaty, and she suddenly felt nauseous. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves, but it did little good. She considered pleading with Thomas