Wynter's Captive by Milly Taiden

bed and stared at the wall, a major case of loneliness taking over her heart. She’d left Cade behind and a piece of her heart with him. How in the world had that happened? Now she couldn’t eat, sleep, or stop thinking of him.
    “Oh, honey.” Jaylin hugged her. “I’m sure things will be fine.”
    Lili glanced at her radiant cousin and smiled. “At least some good came out of this. You and Brandon still got married, and Aunt Patty knows about the baby.”
    “Don’t remind me of that episode. When we couldn’t find you I was so worried I got sick to my stomach.” She grabbed Lili’s hand and squeezed. “It was just nerves. It wasn’t your fault that Cade held you captive. Anyway, Brandon was paranoid and told me that he’d bring in a doctor to put me on bed rest if the stress put the baby at risk.” She rolled her eyes. “So you know mom heard, and ay dios mio . She was all crazy about how she wasn’t going to let her first grandchild come into the world to unwed parents. So the minister married us, and that calmed her down.”
    Lili grinned. “Thank goodness. Just imagine if you guys would’ve tried to postpone.”
    Jay groaned and flopped back on the bed, her arms spread above her head. “Girl if we would’ve mentioned postponing she would have had real, live kittens.”
    Lili giggled and leaned back on the bed, gazing up at the ceiling fan.
    “Enough about me, Lili. Tell me why you’re so sad. I don’t like seeing you this way.”
    “I think I’m getting the flu, I’ve been feeling kind of sick lately. Very feverish.”
    “Lili! That’s not what I’m talking about.” Jaylin flipped on her stomach. At only a few months pregnant she could still get away with doing that. “What happened between you and Cade?”
    Lili rolled over and laid her face on her folded arms. “Why didn’t you tell me Brandon was a werewolf?”
    “Ah. Well prima , because if I had, with your love of horror movies, you would have flipped out and thought he was going to maul me to death.”
    That was very possible. OK, it was probably exactly what would have happened. “But you could’ve told me.”
    Jaylin lowered her face to rest on her arm. “I was going to, after the wedding and before the baby. I swear. Now tell me what happened with Cade.”
    “Nothing. A whole lot of nothing,” she growled.
    “‘Nothing’ never put that kind of face on you before, prima .”
    “What do you know about Cade?”
    Jaylin scrunched her nose in thought. “Brandon said they had been the best of friends a few years back. But that Cade’s fiancée tore them apart. She told Cade that she and Brandon were having an affair and that she was leaving Cade for his friend. You can imagine how hard that must’ve been for Cade. And of course Brandon had no clue what happened when Cade suddenly didn’t want to be near him. He shut him off and never looked back.”
    “He might not have looked back, but he definitely held on. Why do you think the woman did that? Lied to him that way?”
    Jaylin grabbed a lock of Lili’s hair and started to braid it. “From what Brandon said, the fiancée had asked Cade put her on his board since she was going to be his future wife. Well Cade asked Brandon his thoughts, and of course Brandon flat out told him it was a stupid move. So Cade said no. The woman found out it was Brandon’s fault she wasn’t getting voted on the board and decided to mess up their friendship.”
    “What a bitch!” If Cade had cared about that woman, it was probably the reason he’d never thought she’d lie to him. It was fucked up all around because he’d been hurt, Brandon had lost his friend, and now Lili had been dragged in. She’d been away from him for two days, and all she thought of was finding her way back to him.
    “Um-hm.” Both lay there for a few moments in quiet thought. “So, wanna tell me what happened with Cade?”
    Lili groaned. “You’re like a persistent little kid, Jay. I’m going to have so