Page 47 of Kept By Her Obsessed Minotaurs

My heart, full to bursting, aches with a truth I've kept hidden beneath layers of deceit and revenge. It's now or never.

"I have to tell you something," I begin, my voice barely a whisper. "This... it wasn't all chance."

Their movements still, the silence that follows is heavy with anticipation. I take a deep breath, the words spilling from my lips like a confession.

"I knew about you, Garron. Diane... she was my best friend. And she told me about her minotaur lover." My eyes meet his, a storm brewing in his icy gaze. "I thought you betrayed her. I wanted revenge. I wanted you to fight, to destroy each other."

Lazir's hand stills on my skin, and Calo lifts his head to look at me, his expression unreadable.

"I made sure you saw the bounty on me in that tavern. I was the one who delivered the news. I wanted chaos, destruction... and I was prepared to use you to get it," I continue.

The words hang in the air, a damning admission. I search their faces for anger, for betrayal, but I find none. Instead, there's a calm acceptance that I don't understand.

"But something changed," I continue, my voice steadier now. "I fell in love with you—all of you. And I couldn't go through with it. I couldn't let you kill each other."

I look at them pleadingly, hoping they can see the sincerity in my eyes. "Even if you hate me for it, we're mates now. There's no turning back, right?"

To my surprise, it's not anger that I see in their eyes, but gratitude.

Calo speaks first, his voice gentle. "Mara, you brought us together. If it weren't for you, we would have continued living in the shadows, aimless and alone. You gave us purpose, a reason to fight for something greater than ourselves."

Lazir nods in agreement, his eyes soft. "You shook us out of our complacency. You reminded us what it means to live, to love."

Garron's voice is a low rumble that resonates deep within me. "Diane... she betrayed me. She's the reason we were banished.But you, Mara, you've given us a chance at redemption, at happiness."

His words wash over me, a balm to the guilt that has gnawed at me for so long.

"I never betrayed her," Garron says, his gaze holding mine. "She sold me out, just as you thought I had done to her. But that's in the past. What matters now is us—our future together."

The revelation about Diane hits me like a physical blow. How could she betray the minotaur she claimed to love? But as I look into Garron's eyes, I realize that it no longer matters. The past is a shadow that can no longer dim the light of our bond.

I nod, tears of relief and love welling in my eyes. "We're together now, and that's all that matters."

Garron, Lazir, Calo, and I—we are one.

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