Chapter 42

Valeria

“What do you mean?” I ask, my voice flat.

“We can’t reveal who you are to me,” he says.

“Yeah, I got that! But why?”

“Because you’re my mate. That makes you a target. Just like my mother. I won’t risk you—not now, not when I finally have you. They’re after me, but they could hurt you to get to me.”

“That won’t happen.”

“You don’t know that. And I’m not risking it.”

“Fine. But tell me, genius, how do you think we’re hiding this? Almost everyone will smell the change in our scents.