Knight”
“Like Nathan,” he says. “No one calls me that anymore. Luse Knightly because I can’t run away from it use it to protect myself from my father, Everyone knows I’m his heir and that he’s a psycho He can’t kill me without it bothering others and others can’t come after me because they know it’s up to him to decide if I’m worthy of being his he
“What are you hiding?” |
Trom you, your heritage” he says and stands
It takes me a pause to fully process what he said. My heritage. Meaning my mother. He’s met my dad and has made.
that he hates him. So has my new crazy father in law who in kind of growing on me just as much as the rest of Knightly’s family. It wouldn’t make sense for him to mean anything other than my mom.
“You knew something about my mother and didn’t tell me even after what happened at my father’s house?” I ask in disbelief. What the fuck is wrong with you?
“1” the smirk is wiped clean off his face and he stares at me like I just insulted his entire bloodline. “Okay” he stands up and shakes his hands out. Tuck. I can’t fucking believe it. You hide it so well, he laughs to himself and then turns to face me I didn’t tell you exactly for that reason
“Phoebe, I am your mate. The moment our orbits collided activated every protective instinct I could ever have because your existence is always going to mean more to me than anything else. I am going to apologize for one thing I’m sorry I’ve been underestimating you all this time.
“Before you told me who your mother was, I firmly believed you were just a human. I had just told you I’m a shifter I told you we’re mates. You found out that as a mortal you have no real freedom and are–were an accessory of an alpha who only kept you around so that she could use our pups as possible heirs and replacements for her when she dies
“You lost your dream job and people you believed were your friends tried to kidnap you when they learned the identity of your pups: father. I wanted you to have a moment to yourself so you can fully process the information you have. It was never my intention to insult you or belittle you in any way,”
“Stop,” I choke out because what just came out of his mouth is not how I’ve perceived things until now. He’s painted a detailed version of the events I didn’t fully understand until now. “That’s what Xo wanted from me? I was a pet to her because she wanted the twins to take over her pack?”
He shifts uncomfortably in his chair and then thinks back to what he said before he breathes in deeply. He stands and hesitantly sits on the bed beside me.
“Shit, I assumed you understood what the argument between us meant,” his shoulders slump forward. “Phoebe. Ayne and Azien are very special. The kind of special that could burn down kingdoms. Power like ours is unique. Even at the tender age, they are now, it comes off them in waves.
“Ayrie lights up a room the moment she walks in. Dominates by all means. She’s got talents kids her age can’t even consider doing. She’s a little on the small side, but that’s because she’s a twin. Aizen is.” he stops and takes a deep breath to let it out slowly. A small smiles pulls at the edges of his lips. “He’s fucking perfect. He has a very specific kind of focus He takes things in all around him without making a sound. His reflexes and abilities to strategize haven’t been seen around here since I lived here with everyone else. At his age, I wasn’t that good and my father thought I was a prodigy
“Wolves are animals. All of us. We try to fit into society’s norms we have laws and shit. But at the end of the day, we’re beasts and we do what’s in our nature to do. We devour what we want. They thought you were mortal. We all did,” he massages his eyes with his knuckles and shakes his head. “Your mother was the daughter of the Royal Secretary of the Alpha Union. She went missing thirty years ago just before she was mated to one of the strongest Aristocrats in the Royal Guard. No one knows what happened to her or why she disappeared,”
My body or maybe my mind is keeping me from responding. I open my mouth to try and say something, but I don’t know what to say or question. I reach out taking his hand and sit back. His gaze drops to our hands but he doesn’t say anything else or try to pull away. Out of all the times my brain has chosen to shut down around this man, I’ve never hated it more than I do in this very moment.
“I think I’d like a shower and to see the kids before I can dive into that,” I swallow the knot in my throat.
“Okay, he agrees squeezing my hand. “We can do that. They’ve been asking when you’re going to get better.”
“Why did you attack me?” I ask him. With the tears fill my eyes.
Successfully unlocked! ind hurt all swirl in and my vision blurs as
“He didn’t attack, Angel. He claimed you that way because you threatened us. You threatened to reject anything he could offer you when you said you wouldn’t care if we left and didn’t come back
“You’re brilliant. You catch on to things very quickly. However, you’re not fully paying attention. You’re very pampered and I
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don’t mean inexperienced or spoiled Just very well guarded Very uninformed of the situation you’re in my drill and quickly slide down my face. He reaches up to catch one before licking it off the back of los hand “You are my mate. The mother of my children. The only reason I’m alive
“If you don’t like something, tell me if you need me to leave you alone me well compromise or for But dont p tell me that you can give two fucks about what I think of you or feet for you I am charming and loving, but thats not the
extent
“You bite me and I’m going to bite you back harder he reaches out to push my haft my shoulder and expose the area where he bit me. It dawns on me that there’s no bandage there My body
graze the sore spot. He smiles at hat he did to me with the
Especially when the outcome is as rewarding as this,”
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