Savage Hunt by Jane knight

Chapter Fifty-Three: Betrayal 

“And you knew he was a shifter and you didn’t tell me. So when he cheated on me and I caught him, it hurt.” The tops of Tillie’s cheeks grew red and I could feel the hurt spilling out of her. “It hurt and if you had told me, I would have known. I wouldn’t be hurt because I would have known about shifters, so it wouldn’t have felt like I was the problem.”

“Kiddo, you were never the problem. I’m sorry.” Scott said and it was like he deflated. His shoulders slumped and he drew in a deep breath; Jewel placed the tea glasses in front of us before moving to stand over by her mate.

“Baby, we talked about this,” Jewel said, restring a hand on his shoulder. “We didn’t.”

“It was my choice, keeping it from you.” He said, resting his hand over Jewel’s much smaller one. Looking up at Tillie, I would see the hurt in his eyes. I could see how much he cared for Tillie. “Your ma wanted to tell you. I was worried,” Scott started to say before shaking his head. “I was worried you wouldn’t want me as your dad if you knew what I was. I’m not human; I never have been. When I met you, you were just a teenager. I didn’t want to flip your world upside down and make you hate me.”

“Scott. I couldn’t hate you. You’re my dad. Even if it’s not by blood, you are still my dad.”

“You might have.” He said, gripping Jewel’s hand tighter. “I knew that I couldn’t stay away from your mom. Just like I knew you were my daughter the moment I met you. You’re a part of her and there was no way that I couldn’t love a part of her.”

should have told me the truth. You guys knew about Charity and when I found out what she was, I thought nothing would ever hurt that bad as her lying to me.” She took a shuddering breath and I leaned over. Wrapping my arm around her shoulders like I could shield her from the hurt she was feeling. I wished that I could take it all away from her and feel it myself so she wouldn’t have to. But this… What you guys

“Tillie, 1

The chair scraped loudly over

his shoulder, shaking her head. Tillie left the room

outside. Scott and Jewel looked like they had both been hurt, but I couldn’t really blame Tillie. My mate was human and she was learning that so many people that were close to her were more than they seemed. My heart hurt for her. I looked over at Jason

as badly as I did. To wrap his body around her and protect her as

Jason asked, his hands flat on the table and his body tense like he might spring up after

Tillie knows which paths are safe. Even if

Jewel said, moving her hand from his shoulder to wrap it around him. She’s mad at

his fingers through his hair, slicking it back into place as best

isn’t going to go into those woods and find that wolf? You