Kas’s POV
Coffee and dark chocolate. Mochaccino. | smell it before | open my eyes. Bronx. My mate. He came home. He asked me not to leave. | have a pounding headache from crying but | feel myself being calmed by his scent. | clutch his shirt tight and pull it closer to my nose breathing in deeply. | feel his hand gently rubbing my back.
"You awake, Baby?" | hear his rough voice from outside the cocoon he has me wrapped in. |nod my head and he opens up his large arms, so he can look at me.
"You ready to talk?" He asks gently, as he brushes my bangs out of my eyes.
"| don't know," | tell him honestly, "| don't want to cry anymore."
Bronx sighs deeply and shakes his head like he's not sure what to say. He rubs his hands on his face before he continues, "Kas, I-I have some confessions to make and I'm sure you're going to be mad but | need to tell you."
“Confessions?” | squeak out.
“Oh my Goddess, is he seriously about to say he has been cheating on us?!” Lex starts to growl, “How did we not smell another she wolf on him?!”
| feel myself stiffen at Lex's revelation, bracing myself for whatever Bronx is about to Say.
upset,” he flicks his eye up from the ground to look at me. "What?" No, like seriously, what the fuck? | think | would have rather he told me he was cheating on me, "W-why would you do that,
avoiding
ordered the pack members to exclude you from helping around the packhouse," his voice cracks and he clears his throat, "except for Delilah. She has been keeping an eye on you for
turns into disbelief turns into pure rage. Lex’s and mine combined. That's all | feel. | pull away from Bronx as he desperately tries to hold on to me.
explain.
enough. She grabs me
MY KAS!" The windows rattle and the floor shakes as her
shifted without me
too! Please don't hurt our mate!" | plead with her, trying to pull on her consciousness, “just leave. Please, just leave.
see what the commotion is. He stops in his tracks when he sees Lex, nearly feral, towering over Bronx. Lex doesn't answer me, she just howls and charges full speed out the bay window. Breaking it into a million pieces as she crashes through. She lands easily from the third story, running without a break in her stride, straight into the woods. | can hear the thundering paws of Saint behind us,
Lex's fur is the only thing keeping us warm. She is deep into the
you're not going back, you need to at least find shelter. It's going to be subzero temperatures soon. Your paws will get frostbite," | tried to
bearings. Her breath visible even in the darkness. The woods are thick in this part of the territory. We can hear Blood River in the distance, off to the right. Other than that, no familiar sights or scents can be found. We can’t hear any wolves
easily knocks it down. The crashing sound quickly fades in the silence of the night. We walk inside and look around. The inside of the cabin is a big open room. A thick layer of dust covers everything. No one has been here in a long time. There's a small bed in the corner, covered in quilts and sheepskins. She stands in
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