Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

Chapter 61

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.

 

"What?" No, like seriously, what the fuck? | think | would have rather he told me he was cheating on me, "W-why would you do

 

avoiding my

 

the pack members to exclude you from helping around the packhouse," his voice cracks and he clears his throat, "except for Delilah. She

 

at the admission. He did this on purpose. He hurt me on purpose. He

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

 

| can explain. I-"

 

| shriek. Lex has had enough. She grabs me and roughly yanks me to

 

Bronx Mason?" Lex roars in her deep ethereal tone, “HOW DARE YOU HURT MY KAS!" The windows rattle and the floor shakes as her voice booms.

 

very small and very afraid. We shifted without me even realizing it.

 

you hurt Saint too! Please don't hurt our mate!" | plead with her, trying to pull on

 

from the third story, running without a break in her stride, straight into the woods. | can hear the thundering paws of Saint behind us, along with at least two or three others, presumably James and Marco right behind him. Lex is bigger and stronger than all of them and she hasn't been allowed out in weeks,

 

is falling heavily now. I'm glad we are in wolf form because Lex's fur is the only thing keeping us warm. She is deep into the woods and night is quickly falling and so is the

 

at least find shelter. It's going to be subzero temperatures soon. Your paws will get frostbite," |

 

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 around us either, which seems to be satisfactory to her. There’s a path off to the left, she

 

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 front of the bed and finally lets us shift back into my human form. Which is great and all, but it is negative degrees outside and I’m freaking naked. | rummage through a trunk next to the bed and find mens pants and sweaters. | layer on clothes that are way too big on me and crawl

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