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.”

it. Scott, you both 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

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pulled her hand from Jason’s. The chair scraped loudly over the hardwood floor and she stood up, moving towards

stand up and his mate pressed down on his shoulder, shaking her head. Tillie left the room and it took everything in me not

shut as she made her way 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 and Travis, knowing that they

knew that he wanted to follow her just as badly as I did. To wrap his body around her and protect her as best as we

flat on the table and his body

his face. “Yeah, Tillie knows which paths are safe. Even if

at us, but Tillie knows it’s dangerous in the woods. She wouldn’t

he dragged his fingers through his hair, slicking it back

to go into those woods and find that