“Emily,” I pleaded with a bleeding heart. “I didn’t keep it from you to hurt you.”
“Then why did you keep it from me? I thought you trusted me. It’s always been me and you against the world.” Her hand was quick to wipe it away, but still, I saw the teardrop spring from her eye. I hated that I hurt her.
“It wasn’t that I didn’t trust you. I was just trusting Kali, that's all. She told me not to tell a soul. She warned me my mates would be able to see me for who I was, but nobody else. Neither Kali or I understand why that is, but that’s how it is, our best guess is that it's got something to do with the mate bond.” I sighed.
“Kali convinced me that I needed to keep what I was to myself. She believed that the secret was a matter of life or death. The more people who know a secret, th
