Page 88 of Fated
Keri
That evening we had a quick meeting to tell the others about our solution. I wasn’t the only one with concerns about putting a female spy into a pack of rogues.
“I know we don’t have any other options, but I don’t like the sound of this,” said Kyle, and I nodded my head.
“I don’t want to do it either but she has agreed to it and, like you said, we don’t have any other options either,” I said.
“When are we going to send her in?” Cade questioned.
“Tomorrow,” I replied. “We’re just waiting for one of my trackers to pinpoint the rogues and we will send her in.”
It wasn’t going to be easy to pinpoint the location of the pack, and to get her in successfully before they moved was going to be tricky. I was already on edge but the whole plan was stressing me out because I was worried it wasn’t going to work.
Blake helped me back to my room after the meeting ended and tucked me into bed.
“I just want to check on a couple of things,” he said before he gave me a quick kiss on the forehead and switched off the lights.
“I’ll be back soon,” he said just before he closed the door and left me alone. He was my beta and, with me unable to perform my duties, he needed to keep an eye on things for me.
He’d been an alpha of his own pack and I trusted him to run mine. If it had been anyone else I would have struggled to sit back and let them take control. I yawned as I rubbed my forehead, trying to calm my thoughts. I was so tired but the constant thoughts flitting through my mind kept me staring at the ceiling until Blake came back.
“I thought you’d still be sleeping,” he whispered as he kicked off his shoes and got into bed beside me.
“I’m just worried,” I told him honestly as I looked at him in the darkness.
“It’ll be okay,” he tried to soothe, but there was no way to know that. They were empty words that gave me no comfort.
I didn’t sleep much that night. I spent most of it tossing and turning, trying to come up with another plan that didn’t involve the safety of a member of my pack, but there were no other options.
The next morning we stood outside the gates as we waited for the information from my tracker.
Scarlett and Cade stood beside Blake and me. Curtis stood beside a nervous-looking Crystal. I kept my eyes on her, still wondering who her mate was. I’d never seen her with anyone before so I had no idea if her mate even knew she was taking on this risky mission.
“Glad to see you guys are waiting for me,” Kyle said as he came to stand beside me. He gave me his usual charming smile.
“We’re not waiting for you,” Blake retorted.
Kyle smile at Blake before his eyes drifted to the nervous girl standing beside Curtis. His expression changed as his eyes narrowed on Crystal, who kept her gaze on the floor.
He took a step closer and I watched with interest.
“Crys?” he questioned, looking at the girl. He hadn’t called her by her full name. He’d used a nickname, which meant he knew her.
She looked up nervously at him and when I saw how she looked at him I knew that Kyle was her mate. I knew that look. The emotion in the depths of her heart was visible in her eyes. It was how I looked at Blake and how Scarlett looked at Cade.
“Yes,” she whispered, looking like she’d been caught doing something she wasn’t supposed to.
“I don’t understand,” Kyle said. His eyes went from Crystal to me before settling back on her.
“You went missing…we all thought you were…dead,” he said. The disbelief was clear in his voice and it was like he was looking at a ghost.
She bit her lip as her alarmed eyes went to me. Pieces of the puzzle began to connect together and I began to figure out what she’d been hiding from us. The rest of the group was watching with interest like I was.
She knew that Kyle was her mate, but even though Kyle clearly knew her and was concerned about her, he wasn’t acting like a mate. It was obvious to me that he didn’t know she was his mate.
Why would she keep it from him? What kept her from telling him? Kyle was a good guy and I knew him well enough to know that he would love and treasure her. I was definitely missing something.
“What are you doing here?” he asked Crystal.
