Page 72 of His Sold Fated Mate

I grabbed my shoes and shoved them on. “If you’re not going to tell me, then I’ll get it out of Klaus.”

He rounded the island and walked toward me. “He’s just protecting you.”

“I don’t need him to! I need you and him to just be honest with me. Is that so much to ask?” I snapped. “He’s the one that’s locked up, Cal! Not me! So, you need to be honest with me.”

Cal sighed, and I watched as he rubbed a hand over his face. “Mike’s body is missing.”

My eyes widened, and I couldn’t wrap my head around what he was saying. I opened my mouth, but I didn’t know what to say. I wanted to yell, but not at him.

I turned, and I stormed out of the house. I drove across town fuming. I wanted to scream at Klaus for keeping something like this from me.

I arrived at the healing center and went straight to Klaus’s room. His room was small, consisting only of a bed and a bathroom next to it. He was chained to the wall, sitting on the bed. He was staring out the window, looking like he was bored.

I crossed my arms as I stepped inside, letting the door slam shut behind me. “How could you not tell me?”

His head snapped toward me. He stared at me for a moment before he sighed. I watched his shoulders fall. “I thought Cal could keep a secret better than this.”

“How could you not tell me? Klaus, I deserved to know that Mike’s body is missing.”

He frowned. “We don’t know what happened. It could have been a mix-up.”

“You hide it from me! Why hide it if it’s nothing to be concerned about?”

He turned from the window. “Because you’ve been happy. You’ve been relaxing. I didn’t want to ruin that.”

“I had a right to know, Klaus.”

He took a breath, and I could see the struggle in his face. I frowned, realizing now was not the time to fight.

I looked away from him, needing to take a moment. I understood why he kept it to himself, but it brought up so many questions. Where is the body? How did it just disappear? It couldn’t just disappear, could it?

I leaned against the door. “How long has it been missing?”

He rubbed at his eyes. “A few days.”

I nodded, deciding we could argue about this at another time. A time when he wasn’t grappling with his insanity. “How are you feeling?”

He gave me a sarcastic laugh. “Dandy.”

I frowned. “Klaus.”

“Aubrey, if you came here to yell at me, you got what you needed. So, you can leave.”

I shook my head. “I’m not leaving.”

“Aubrey, please!” I watched as his hands curled in, that anger simmering in his eyes. “I don’t want to hurt anyone, especially you.”

I pushed off the door. “Klaus, you would never hurt me.”

“You don’t know that.”

“I do, and I also know that your chains wouldn’t even allow you to come to this doorway. So either way, I’m safe.”

“Aubrey.” His voice shifted into begging.

“Klaus, I’m not leaving. You deserve to be treated like anyone else. You’re not madly pacing this room, planning to rip the brick wall apart brick by brick. You, just like the others, have fallen victim to the dark magic. I’m not treating you any differently because you are still Klaus.” I crossed my arms. “So, you can either talk with me and have a conversation, or you can listen to me banter on endlessly, but either way, I’m not leaving. I’m not going anywhere, Klaus.”

Klaus was quiet for a moment before he turned toward me. He leaned against the wall. “What did Cal say that gave it away?”