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.

 

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

 

eye darts around, avoiding my glare, as he

 

exclude you from helping around the packhouse," his voice cracks and he clears his throat,

 

He did this on purpose. He hurt me on purpose. He manipulated

way. Hopelessness turns into disbelief turns into pure rage. Lex’s and mine combined. That's all | feel. | pull away from Bronx as he

 

explain. I-" he

 

had enough. She grabs me and roughly yanks me to the back of our

 

The windows rattle and the floor shakes as her voice booms. Our heart is drumming out of our

 

We shifted without me even realizing

 

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

 

James comes running in to 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

 

we are in wolf form because Lex's fur is the only thing keeping us warm. She

 

you're not going back, you need to at least find shelter. It's going to

 

she could answer me if she wanted to right now, but she does slow to a walk to get her 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.

 

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 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

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