Page 100 of Fated
Breathing hard with the sweat beading my forehead, I looked up to see Kyle’s pack begin to step out of the forest and surround the rogues. We had them surrounded. It would be the only way to finish them off and ensure they didn’t have the numbers to try and rise up again.
It was another long hour before the rogues’ numbers dwindled to a number that made me feel relief that we’d survived.
We all had one person to thank for our survival and my eyes met hers. The way she looked at me, I knew that she wasn’t going to stick around but when I tried to command her to stay I couldn’t get through. She’d left my pack and I could no longer communicate via the mind-link with her
There was sadness in her eyes as I pleaded with my eyes for her to stay.
Her eyes went to Kyle. I saw her love for him shine through the sadness as her eyes lingered on him.
He was too distracted to notice Crystal’s deep gaze. A rogue was about to attack him and his attention was fully focused on it. He had no idea what was going on just a few feet away from him as he fought off one of the last rogues.
Her eyes swung to mine. I saw a tear slide down her cheek and then she turned and ran. There was nothing I could do as I watched her run into the forest, away from us, leaving her mate behind. I was stunned as I stood watching her until she’d disappeared through the thick trees.
I’d never expected her to do that. Whatever had happened to her to keep the secret from Kyle must be really bad for her to keep her distance from him even though she knew they were mates and it was obvious that she loved him.
Any victorious emotions I had were eclipsed by the thought of what I had to do. A tired sadness came over me at the thought that it was going to be my responsibility to tell Kyle that Crystal was his mate and that she’d left. Before, I’d kept it from him to keep him safe, but now he had the right to know. He wasn’t going to take this well and there was no easy way to tell him.
He finished off the rogue. The last of the rogues were killed off and surrounding us were dead bodies of werewolves marring the green grass with the crimson blood of their death. I limped over to him as he shifted into his human form.
“You’re injured,” he said as he looked down to the bleeding gash in my leg.
“It’s fine. I’m okay,” I assured him. “I’ll get Curtis to patch me up.”
It was the first time he’d spoken to me without anger lacing his words. I took a deep breath and released it as I gathered up the courage to break the news to him.
His eyes softened for a moment.
“Crystal,” he whispered as he remembered her. He stepped past me as he began to look for her. His actions became more frantic when he couldn’t find her.
“I just saw her,” he said out loud. “Where is she?”
I put my hand on his shoulder and he turned to face me. His frantic expression took in my somber expression.
“What?” he prompted.
“I have something to tell you,” I said with heaviness in my voice. My gaze flickered to Blake, who was helping move our injured fighters to the medical center.
Curtis, with some medical staff, was seeing to the more serious cases that couldn’t be moved. So much death and destruction, it was hard to comprehend.
My gaze went back to Kyle.
There was no chance that he would forgive me for this. The coward’s way out of this would be to keep the secret, but I was no coward. It was going to break his heart but I couldn’t keep it from him anymore. He shrugged my hand off his shoulder as he faced me, anxiously waiting for me to say something.
“Have you ever touched Crystal?” I asked. His frown deepened and I watched as he finally realized what I was trying to get at.
“Crystal is my mate?” he asked, looking shocked.
I nodded my head.
As his mind worked through the shocking news, his eyes narrowed at me.
“How did you know?” he asked. His jaw tightened.
“I saw the way she looked at you. It’s the same way I look at Blake and the same way Scarlett looks at Cade.”
“Does she know?” he asked.
“Yes.”
