Luckily, when she’d been storming out of the office, Ruby, Shane’s wife, had been making her way up the stairs for something and was happy to show Valerie to a room. She didn’t want to stay here, but if she had to, she wouldn’t mind getting to know these girls. Ruby had looked concerned for her, happy to stay and talk if she wanted, but Valerie wanted to be alone. It had been humiliating, having to show the stranger the pictures of her. But she couldn’t stand him accusing Wyatt. Why couldn’t Wyatt understand as much as he wanted to protect her, she wanted to protect him too? But he’d made it clear it didn’t matter. She’d never be equal to him. She was just a puny human after all. Not big enough to matter. So she’d have to stand at the sidelines and accept any of his calls, because he was the big, bad shifter. Well, she was tired of shifters thinking they were better, that they could control her life.
