Sixteen.

Nate

She quickly goes very white. Her baby blues are wide as she takes in my words. I felt horrible for telling her, but she had to know. This was about her and I couldn’t risk anyone else finding out.

She slowly sits on the edge of the bed. “You should have let Kyra kill me.”

“You are my mate. That would never happen.”

“You’re putting everyone here at risk. What if they come for me?”

“They won’t.”

“You don’t know that. It’s like I am bad luck. Everything finds a way of getting to me. You can’t do that to everyone.”

“We’re not telling them. Vella and Corina will keep their mouths shut. Corina wouldn’t want anyone to know anyway. Mason won’t breathe a word and Lola won’t. She will be made to obey an order.”

“Obey?”

“She physically won’t be able to tell anyone without causing immense pain to herself. This will remain a secret. As far as anyone is concerned. You are just a wolf that happens to be mated to an Alpha.”

She nods her head at me.

“Do you know where Lola is?”

“She was downstair