Escaping Dominance (Heart of a Wolf Series - Trina's Tale) by Marylynn Bast Read Free Book Online

had remained quiet through the entire ordeal and back ed away from her slightly. It was then that she realized he had lied to her and that frustrated her. Grabbing his arm, she pulled it from behind his back , f orcing him to open his hand and show what he kept hidden there.  To her dismay, her eyes landed on a beautiful black stone with blue and white veins running through it. She groaned out loud, bending down to star e him in the face with a stern look on hers. “How did you get this?”
    “I found it beside the bed,” he mumbled defiantly, refusing to meet her eyes.
    She was flabbergasted at her son’s actions. “You went into her room and took this?” Embarrassment flooded her features. Snatching the stone from him she turned back to Amber with her hand outstretched. “I am so sorry!” An apologetic half smile on her face, she hoped Amber would understand he was just being a kid and not make a big deal out of it or go to Mable. It could cause her to lose her job.
    Amber quickly grabbed the stone from her and tucked it into her pocket. Without looking at them again, she mumbled before turning away. “Good luck to you and your son. Please stay safe.” The n she disappeared out the door.
    Surprised at her sudden departure, Trina turned her attention to her son. Upset he would do such a thing, she grabbed him by the chin sternly, making him look at her. “Why in the world would you go into her room and steal from her? Don’t I give you everything you need? Everything you want?”
    He nodded. “I’m sorry, Mommy.” A big crocodile tear slid down his cheek.
    Trina’s heart melted. He really was a good kid. It didn’t make sense why he had taken it. His big blue eyes stared up at her , us ing the pad of her thumb she swipe d away the tear. She went down on her knees and pulled him to her, fighting a lump in her throat as she nodded her head. “It’s okay baby. You can’t take other peoples stuff just because you want it.” She leaned back, her hands on his shoulders. “I can lose my job if you steal something , then we won’t have a place to stay. Do you understand?”
    He nodded. “I don’t know why I took it, I just did.” His little eye brows drew together in a frown.
    Trina kissed him on the cheek. “Baby, you can’t do that again. If you see something and it’s not yours, you ask before you touch. You don’t take it.”
    “Ok, Mommy.” He gave her a big smile. With her kiss on the cheek, everything was o kay as far as he was concerned.
    Trina smiled sadly. Ah, to be five again. She thought of how her mother had told her those exact same words when she had taken a necklace from her parent’s bedroom. She wasn’t stealing it , she just wanted to wear it. She really missed her parents. Being a n only child like Toby, they had doted on her and she never wanted for anything. When they were ripped from her life and she had to go live with Paula and Sam, her world had turned upside down. Sniffling, she hugged Toby to her again. “I love you, baby. I always will.”
    “I love you too, M ommy.”
    His innocent soft voice soft made her want to cry , but she fought the tears as she gathered their things. “Let’s get your stuff to the room and go have lunch.”
    With her heart in her throat, Trina realized it had been too close of a call. She knew there were other werewolves around, had seen them coming and going in the diner and the motel. She had panicked earlier , thinking that s he recognized the guy as Clan Catan , a utomatically assuming he was there to take her and Toby back to Dean. Not paying attention to the different scents of the packs, which should have told her right away he wasn’t from her pack. She had simply become frantic and responded .
    A big lesson she needed to learn, not to panic and be ready if she had to escape. The mental connection with her son had not formed so she couldn’t speak to his mind yet. It would be another year or so before that developed and this meant