“I don’t care if we spend forever pissing each other off. I would rather make up with you then be anywhere else.”
“I love you too, beautiful. Come on, let’s go get you in a nice hot shower.”
“Just don’t let go, Kane.”
“Never, Kaitlyn.”
208
(Kane)
I would never forget the feeling that came over me when I answered Kaitlyn’s phone call and had to listen to what was happening on the other end as Blaze and I raced to get to her. I was so scared that I would find her dead. It terrified me worse than anything I had ever faced in my life. I was so out of my depth on how to deal with Kaitlyn. I had never had to be there to support someone and I was so afraid that I was going to say or do the wrong thing that I just didn’t speak. I went to Glory for advice on what to do and she told me to just give it time. She would open up in time. Once we were allowed back into Amy and Kaitlyn’s place, we packed up her stuff and moved her in with me. She didn’t want to stay there. It had been too painful for her. There was no amount of cleaning we did that got the sight of her friend’s blood off the floor. She was torn on what to do with Amy’s stuff so I told her to just leave it a little while and make the call when the time was right. Amy had no living relatives and no serious relationships, her thing with the bartender didn’t last long. Not surprising. Hard to make a relationship work when you were so far up someone else’s ass. Was I sad that Amy was dead? No, not really so trying to be sincere was hard. I was, however, sorry that Kaitlyn had to go through that.
Walking into the room where she was sitting staring out the window, I handed her a mug of coffee and sat down on the arm beside her.
“You doing okay, Bonnie?” She shook her head no and sat the mug down beside her. She laid her head in my lap and closed her eyes.
“He’s going to come for me again. I can’t stay here. I won’t see that happen to you too, Kane, I can’t. It would fucking kill me.”
“Hey, nothing is going to happen to you or me. We have you safe. I know I didn’t do too well with protecting Amy and I am sorry you are hurting. I really am and I know my thoughts right now; you would kick my ass if I said it out loud but there is a big reason why I am one hundred percent confident that you will be safe here with me.”
“How can you be so sure? We let our guard down and Amy paid the price for that! I won’t let it happen again.” I bit down on my tongue. I would pay that price a million times over. Again, I wasn’t about to admit that out loud.
“There is a secret that I have kept from you. It explains so much about us but it’s not something we can tell just anyone. Only a select few know about it and my brothers.”
“What secret? Kane, please, I can only stand so much and right now I am hanging on by a very thin fucking thread and it’s about to snap.” Taking a deep breath, I moved to sit in front of her.
“Okay, I need you to hear me out. I also need your word that what I am about to tell you, will never leave this room. It would put me and my brothers at risk.”
“I promise, Kane, whatever it is, I won’t breathe a word of it. Please, you are really starting to freak me the fuck out! What have you been hiding from me?!” I quickly removed my gloves and cupped her cheeks.
“Calm down.” Blaze had been right. The touch that I feared would take my mate away, was powerless against her. It didn’t affect her in any way. She was safe from it. “Big deep breaths, Kaitlyn.” Her eyes closed as she followed my instructions. Once she opened her eyes again, she nodded for me to continue. Taking a deep breath of my own, I let her in on everything. I told her about the legends and how they were true and that shifters walked among humans. I told her that me and my brothers were all shifters as well as Glory. I explained about how she was my mate which was why our connection had been so strong from the beginning. I finished with the bite. Most shifters had a ceremony once they found their mates. That was if their mate was another shifter though. Kaitlyn still being human meant things with us would be a little different. I would need to bite her all the same, I just wouldn’t be doing it in front of our packs. Lastly, I told her about the ‘gift’ I had been given by the fates.
“Why can’t I feel that though?” She met my eyes.
“You are the one person I am sworn to protect with my life. You are the other half of me. Fate wouldn’t make it so that my gift hurt you. I had been so torn about it in the beginning and if I should just leave you alone but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t. I needed you. I feel so bad for it now but one night, while you were sleeping, I tested it. I ran a finger down your face and cupped your cheek. I wasn’t sure what would have happened if it had had any effect on you. What I did
