Chapter 51
Ayla
Sitting with Thane on the couch isn’t as uncomfortable as I thought it would be. It feels natural to be in his presence, but to hear that she is developing feelings for me, it a lot to take in. I know that there is an attraction between the two of us that is strong. I feel it and he does as well, but with my fated mate in the picture, we can never be. Thane keeps throwing out the word “potential in regard to my fated mate. I don’t know why a complete stranger would lie about sensing their fated mate. All I know is my life seems to be a constant roller coaster of events currently and I want ff of the ride. It is too much to handle. Hearing Thane admit that he has no family is heart breaking as I understand the pain he dealing with. Maybe that is part of the reason we are drawn to each other. I pick up the pad of paper and scribble out a noté and pass it over to him. “What happened to my family?” he repeats back to me and I nod in agreement. ‘Well little wolf, my ttle sister was abducted by a shifter ring within the last seven years. She was young like you were. She was missing for a few months. We were never able to locate her and then one day her body surfaced in a ditch on the side of the road. Thrown out like trash because they were through with her. She was beautiful and the light of a room. So airy and carefree. Confident, fun. Someone took her and broke her, and I could do nothing to stop it.” He quickly glances down at his hands, wringing his fist together. You can tell this is difficult for him to discuss and something he hasn’t had the ability to deal with. “Her name was Emily. She had deep brown eyes, almost black as night and a birth mark of a crescent moon behind her…” I immediately sit up right out of shock and grab his wrist, pointing to behind my right ear. He looks out me bewildered, mouth a part, a slight gasp audible. “Did you know her little wolf?” I nod my head yes in agreement and grab the pad of paper from him. I write my note ant pass it back over.
“She was with me where you found me. She was the only friend I had or made. She would always talk to me. Constantly. She didn’t care if she got in trouble or not. She would always tell me not to give up hope. That we would get out together. She talked about her family always and her older brother she was just sure I would have an attraction to. Guess she was right.” he repeats my note back to me and looks up at me with sadness in his eyes. “That sounds like my Emily. She talked all the time. Loved everyone. I am glad you two had each other.” He clears his throat and turns his head, not before I notice a singular tear slide down his cheek before he hurries up to wipe it away. I take the note pad to write and pass it back to him. “I am glad she didn’t suffer as long as I did. I know that doesn’t change anything but have peace in that knowledge.” He reads while nodding his head in agreement. “Yes, little wolf, I too am glad she didn’t stay with them that long. However, knowing what you went through and knowing that she went through it herself is difficult to bare. It is the reason I no longer have parents, but that is a story for a different day. He places his hand on my knee and gives it a gentle squeeze. “I really should be going little wolf. I wanted you to know how I felt, not to guilt you or sway you in anyway. I don’t want that. If this shifter is your fated mate, then I want you to be happy, but it will have to change things between us, and I wanted you to know that. I could tell you more, ask you questions about Emily, but I don’t think I can right now. I do hope you see why finding the ringleader of the traffickers is so important to me and why I need to understand the reason behind them keeping you so long. It really could help us find who is responsible, so it doesn’t happen anymore.” I nod my head in agreement, and he stands to go to the door.
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