The Bucklin Wolves Next Generation: Revelations Read Online Free Page A

be very proud of. I guess things change and people grow. Aster outgrew Bucklin and did what was best for those who wanted to follow him. You’re doing what’s best for who’s left. Who’s to say which one of you is right or wrong?”
    “We’re both right,” Seth said, leading her through the trees. “We did the best we could with what we had in front of us.”
    “That’s a good way to look at it. Aster has moved on, but maybe Rowan hasn’t.”
    Seth stopped and turned back to her with a cold, steely gaze she hadn’t seen before this point. “My brother isn’t the one who attacked Jacko. I’m not even sure Jacko was attacked.”
    Surely he wasn’t implying what she thought he was implying. That was madness. Jacko was paid very well by Mr. Sokolov. He wouldn’t jeopardize his mission. “He didn’t set it up.”
    “I can’t rule anything out,” Seth said. “Once I talk to Rowan, I’ll have my answer.”
    “And if you don’t like the answer?” she asked.
    Seth stopped and turned back to her again. This time his eyes weren’t hard, they were almost sad—pleading with her to stop this line of questioning. “Let’s not talk about this anymore. I know you have a job to do, but so do I. Trust me. When the time comes I’ll do what’s best for my people. I believe in the strength of a blood tie, but William raised me. He’s back in Bucklin along with everyone who matters to me right now. The only person who matters to me that isn’t in Bucklin is standing next to me right now.”
    Maribel was never more thankful than right now that she had tan skin to hide her blushing. When the words came out of his mouth, she had to suppress a giggle as she felt a tingle run through her entire body. When he spoke like this, he was hard to resist. Before she knew it, she was in a situation she didn’t want to be in. Seth was leaning against a tree, nearly blocking the path in front of her. If she wanted to go by, she was going to have to touch his sweaty, beautiful body. He was leaning closer to her, his face drawing ever nearer. If she didn’t move now, they were going to kiss and god knew what else. She couldn’t let this happen, not now.
    “Who made this path?” she asked, pointing past Seth. He turned and looked behind himself, opening a path for her to slide by without any skin-to-skin contact that she was sure would force her to dip into that change of panties she had brought.
    “Oh,” he said, shaking his head. She knew his wolf was probably talking to him, and it was probably distracting. It was going to be hard to avoid him if the beast had staked its claim to her. Jacko had warned her as much. But surely it wasn’t as horrible as he had suggested. Seth wasn’t like that, he wasn’t that kind of wolf—she hoped. Plenty of men had put up fronts in the past. Everyone had thought Ted Bundy was a great guy.
    “This is amazing,” she said, noticing how the path twisted around all of the biggest trees. Whoever had cleared it had been thoughtful to not disturb the ancient beauty of the forest that surrounded them.
    “Beorn built it.”
    “Who’s Beorn?”
    “He’s an old bear who used to come into Bucklin from time to time. He was instrumental in defeating the demon and his biker gang. He used to have a cabin not too deep into the forest, until the demon and his troops blew it up.”
    “Where is he now?” she asked.
    “He and his mate moved deeper into the forest. Bears are pretty solitary. I doubt we could even find him.”
    “His mate? There’s another bear out there with him?”
    “A she-wolf,” Seth said. “My surrogate niece, actually.”
    Maribel wanted to ask what he was talking about, but she shut her mouth and kept following Seth. He seemed to be in better spirits after their near moment, but there’d been a hint of sadness in his voice when he mentioned his surrogate niece.
    He can talk about William and the wolves of Bucklin all he wants, she realized. But he longs for his