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.

 

up from the ground to look at me. "What?" No, like seriously, what the fuck? | think | would have rather he told

 

avoiding my glare,

 

exclude you from helping around the packhouse," his voice cracks and he clears his throat, "except for Delilah. She has been keeping an eye

 

purpose. He hurt me on purpose. He manipulated

Lex’s and mine combined. That's all | feel. | pull away from Bronx as he desperately tries to hold on to me. Lex is seconds away from taking

 

explain.

 

had enough. She grabs me

 

YOU HURT MY KAS!" The windows rattle and the floor shakes as her voice booms. Our heart is

 

I-," He suddenly looks very small and very afraid. We shifted without me even realizing it. Lex's voice was now just snarls

 

mate!" | plead with her, trying to pull on

 

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, 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, so she has energy to burn. The further we run, the farther back the chasing paws sound until | can't hear

 

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

 

to at least find shelter. It's going to be subzero temperatures soon.

 

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

 

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

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