hapter 13
Skye
d to tell him.
I had to
I didn’t want to but I had to. There was no way I could keep it a secret much longer. The pain of Prudies attack might have faded but she was only going to get worse.
I needed some sort of protection and Nonnie was right. This was my home. My pack. I belonged here. If I allowed Prudie to push me out then I would have no one and neither would my child.
If that meant fighting for my relationship then so be it. I would do it. I would work harder to make it work,
There was a chance we could be happy together. A small one sure but it was a chance and anyway, recently he had been gentler with me. Garret had fallen asleep in my arms for the first time and tonight he was sharing my bed. Not because he wanted to use my body but because he wanted to spend time with me and make sure I was ok.
So I had to tell him I was pregnant.
The real question was how. How could I tell him? I didn’t know how he would react
Prudie was also pregnant
But I was Luna. At least in the eyes of the law. My child would always be more important. That didn’t mean he would be happy though. He still might reject me.
Turning to my other side in the dark. I rested my cheek on my arm and stared ag him. And he stared right back. The whites of his eyes shining in the darkness.
I sucked in a breath, I hadn’t realised he was awake. His breathing had been even and slow.
“You’re awake.” I whispered like a fool.
For a second his eyes closed. When he opened them again they were soft and wistful. “I was just thinking”
“About ?” I raised an eyebrow and waited for him to reply.
One word but it was like the world tilted under my feet. Everything was suddenly off kilter. Without meaning to I reached for him. My hands coming down to rest on his shoulders.
“I haven’t been a good mate to you Skye. I realize that I should have tried more but it was so
hard
It was my turn to close my eyes. “Because Prudie is your true
“Yes.” His voice was ragged. “I found her, just the night before we were bonded. I want to do right by you both. You are the mate I was-” he trailed off. “But she is the mate of my heart. Still Tenderly he reached out and cupped my cheek. “I have a duty to you and my pack. To the promises that were made to your family.”
Frowning I leant into his hand. That was always something I didn’t understand. Why I was chosen. My family was no one. Outsiders.
“What promises?”
“I don’t actually know.” He smiled sadly. The matress springs squeaked as he moved closer and suddenly I was overtaken by the warmth of his body.
met my mate as well. The words left my lips in a rush. The fingers against my check froze.
“You did!” There was anger in his voice and I instantly regretted blurting that out, 1 had never admitted it out loud before.
“When?” Sliding his hand across my cheek, he cupped the back of my head.
*Before we were married” Ladmitted in a whisper. “Just the once.” I added as he moved closer still. Until I could feel his breath wash over my skin
“Yes” Fach breath I took seemed to suck in more and more of his. It was a weird sensation. Like I was taking him into my
You never sonight hun outh
soul
“No” I tried to shake my head but the hand he had cupping g my skull stopped me. “No I did not seek him out. I haven’t even seen him again. It was
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just a passing thing. A flash, I doubt I would even recognize him” I lied. I was sure I would. Sometimes I thought I caught his scent around the pack house but whenever I looked I couldn’t pin point it. All I knew was that he was a member of the pack. Probably right in front of my eyes.
Not that it mattered.
“You remained loyal”
It was a statement not a question so I didn’t a
answer him
“I respect loyalty” He moved the last inch between us.
There e was nothing I could say to that. He might respect loyalty but he didn’t give me it. But then wasn’t that the way of things. No one seemed to care that he had a mistress. One that treated me like dirt. But if I took a lover.. the thought didn’t bare thinking about.
“There’s something about you recently” Pulling me forward he crushed my breasts against his chest. “Something different. I can’t put my finger on it. It’s like I am drawn to you. I look at you and think back to when we first met. How badly I treated you. Do
You remember the night of our ceremony. When you were wearing this exact dress” His hand slid up my side. “I wanted you so badly. But I had just found Prudie and I couldn’t betray her.”
The fingers danced up my side before he closed his hand over my breast. I couldn’t help it I moaned.
“I should have. I should have made you mine that night. Instead of waiting. If I got to do it again then I would take you in this dress an make your
scream my name.
“But you didn’t.” I couldn’t breath. I didn’t know why he was saying these things. We couldn’t change the past. He hadn’t made our union official until three months later and by that point I had thought iy would never happen.
*Do you remember?”
“Remember what?” I asked even though I knew what he was asking. He was asking if I remembered our first time together.
“Yes I remember.”
I remembered it in minute detail….. because it was the day that I’d had hope and then lost it again.
