Page 87 of Her Silent Knight

Nach stopped to cough. Lee patted his back. He smiled up at her before finishing his story. “The older wolf told the younger wolf that he knew two shifters who completed their tasks. Them, their mates and their children were granted freedom. But this wolf’s mate is a shifter. And the night they were supposedly granted freedom, she had a vision of the entire family being locked up in chains. They had tubes coming out of their bodies. Their blood was draining from those tubes.” More coughing took over him.

“Do you need more water?”

He nodded. “My throat is dry. I think it’s from the heat and the shift. Other than that, I feel great.”

They waited while water was poured for him and he drank it down.

“Where was I? Oh, yeah. The older wolf told the younger one there was no point in killing me and tainting their souls. So, they toyed around with me and made lots of noise knowing someone from the compound would eventually hear. I should’ve known something was up when they chased me all the way here and didn’t attack until we were close. If it wasn’t for the younger one being diseased, I would’ve healed by now. They weren’t trying to kill me. They were trying to do their job well enough that The Deciders didn’t hire someone to come after them.”

From the way Kaede was squeezing her hand, she knew he didn’t like this news. She’d tried telling him. Then again, she’d also been in the process of attempting to torture him at the time.

Now that he was hearing it from a friend instead of someone who wanted to bring him pain, it was finally sinking in. And she was pretty sure there was guilt accompanying it. His eyes darted to her then away.

Kaede cleared his throat. “We’ll let Zelna check your vitals then you should rest. We’ll talk later.”

Nach cast his dark eyes Kaede’s way. “I can’t rest K. They’ll send someone else. Then someone else. They won’t rest until I’m dead.”

“I know. Trust me, I know. They’ll be after both of us soon.”

“Why? Did you not complete your task?” Nach looked to Sin.

Sin smiled.

“She’s my mate.”

“Thank God you didn’t kill her,” Nach said. “Hi, Kaede’s mate.”

“My name is Sin. Sinclair Rose.”

“Sinclair Rose...” Nach looked to Lee. “You have a friend...”

Lee nodded. “That is her. We’ll discuss all of that later. K’s right, we need to check your vitals and you need to rest.” Lee helped Nach lay down as Zelna ushered them out of the room.

“Thanks,” Lee called out. “Thank you all. Thank you Sin and K. Without you two...”

Sin glanced over her shoulder at her friend. “We’re family. This is what family does. Get some rest, both of you.” That said, she allowed Kaede to usher her out of the room. Yet, she didn’t miss the sad expression on her mate’s face.

They needed to have a conversation.