Free Waiting for Wolves: BBW MMF Werewolf Shapeshifter Menage Romance (Shifter Grove Brides Book 5) by Anya Nowlan Page A

behind the curtains. Something woke her up and when she came out of the bedroom looking for Argo and Cooper, she’d found Cooper standing on the porch, glaring at something or someone. Before she could open the door, another man had appeared and she’d thought it best to keep out of things.
    That still meant she’d heard the whole thing, though. Her confused mind was feeding her all sorts of possibilities and options, but she knew it was best to get the information straight from the two guilty-looking wolves in front of her.
    For the briefest moment, a little voice in her head said that it was good she wasn’t yet tied to them for life. Shady men would always be shady, right?
    That’s not what Argo and Cooper are like! I hope…
    “All you, Argo,” Cooper said, leaning back.
    Their partnership was clear-cut. They formed a unit together, but Argo was clearly the Alpha between the two of them and in the relationship. Claire was sure Cooper would make a fine leader on his own, but in the Alpha pair, Argo had the lead.
    “What do you want to know?” Argo asked, those cool blue eyes of his looking even more intense than they usually were.
    “Whatever it is that you haven’t told me yet,” Claire said, speaking honestly.
    Argo made a bit of a face. He’d flicked the switch on the lights in the living room, but Claire almost wished he hadn’t. The light made every emotion that crossed his face all the more obvious and intense, and she could see the way he was struggling with what and how to tell her. She had no doubt he’d tell her the truth, but seeing him in pain was making her react a lot more fervently than she’d expected.
    “You know my brother died,” he started, and Claire nodded. “Well, I don’t think you know how he died. My sister, Adriana, was dating a werebear from a rival clan. One night, we tricked him into taking us, or specifically Adriana and me—while Adam followed—into their camp. I knocked him out and we broke into the home of the clan’s Alpha, Ryder. It was supposed to be our big break. We were going to kill him and drive the bears from the lands and take over. We were kids back then, but we were strong and there were three of us. We knew the dangers but Adam wanted to do it, wanted to prove that we were stronger than anyone else.”
    Argo paced back and forth and Claire watched the way his hands balled into fists and then released over and over again.
    “I went along with it. I should have been smarter. We attacked Ryder, but Adriana’s boyfriend charged in at the right time. We got out of there, me and Adriana, but they got Adam. I can’t even blame anyone but myself for it. It was dumb. I was dumb. Far too many people paid the price for the decision Adam and I made. So after Adam died, I left. I went as far as I could. I didn’t think I’d ever come back, but after finding Cooper I thought maybe there was hope. Longbrooks used to be a great pack. My parents ran it with an iron paw. But after they passed away and Adam died, many of us scattered. Achilles, my little brother, was left holding onto the frayed edges of the pack, trying to keep it together. I think losing his family really fucked with his brain.”
    Argo stopped and turned to look at Claire. Her body tensed under his gaze and a little shudder of violent need traipsed down her spine. Even when he was talking about something so serious, Argo Longbrook was sexy as hell.
    “When we decided with Cooper that it was time to find a third and you wrote to us, I knew immediately. I wanted to pretend to myself that I didn’t, but I did. That’s why we came out here so fast. Because I already knew you were the one. Even if you didn’t want to stay with us, if we couldn’t convince you, I knew it was now or never. It was my one chance to put things right, to get my pack back and give them and myself the triad they deserved.”
    With a frustrated sigh, Argo came and sat down on the armrest, one hand clutching at his