“Fight me!”I growl through our bond.
“No.”
“You’re not better than me. Just because you won’t fight me doesn’t mean you deserve her more.”
“Neither of us deserves her. Neither of us will ever be good enough for her.”
I don’t disagree with his statement.
“How could you?”I ask again, steam coming out with every breath.
There’s a flicker over his expression. As if he’s trying to hold something back.
I drive through his mind, knowing that the answer lies within.
He’s lying.
I know that much, but why?
And then I see it.
The answer.
The reason why he hurt her so much.
The images overwhelm me. The pain he’s experienced. The truth.
“You have to tell her.”
“No.”
“Then I will.”
Chapter 15
Nyx
Fuck, he read me like an open book.He’s read every thought. Every memory. And he knows my biggest secret. One that I didn’t think would ever matter. But suddenly it does. Because the world knows that Lumi isn’t my mate. And there are consequences to that in the vampire world.
I should have done a better job at blocking him out of my memories. Should have ensured he never realized the truth. But this secret—fuck it’s so hard to keep hidden, especially after last night.
Lumi has so much proof that I am the monster. Not just the smell coated on my body, but she saw through Ambrose’s mind…fuck, I should tell her the truth about that part at least.
But she’s so damaged. So hurt that I would have to tell her the entire truth to win her back. And she’s not mine. She’s his. And her hating me is for the best.
“You won’t tell her anything.”
Ambrose growls back at me.“I’ll tell my mate anything that I think she needs to know. And she needs to know everything you’re hiding.”
“That’s foolish. I just did you a huge favor. You’re free to get her to fall in love with you now.”My sacrifice can’t be for nothing.This can save her. Let me save her,I beg him.
“I’m not going to lie or keep secrets from my mate. That’s not how I get her to fall in love with me.”
He’ll tell her.
She’ll forgive me.
She can’t forgive me.