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Liar, my wolf goaded.
Shut it, wolf.
“We’ll go out again for a longer ride once it’s safe,” he promised, and I selfishly hoped that it was never safe. I was officially a terrible person.
“Come on, lovebirds,” Lykem called from the trees. “We need to update the others.”
I tensed, knowing that I not only had to tell Cillian that he had a brother, but also that his Nannio was a psychotic traitor.
It was a conversation I wasn’t looking forward to.
Cillian glanced back at his friend. “I need to talk with Dawsyn first. We’ll be there shortly.”
Lykem nodded once, then disappeared into the side of a snowy mountain.
“Where’s he going?” I asked.
“Inside the caves of that mountain,” Cillian answered. “It’s where those who are left have been living for the last few weeks.” His eyes searched my face. “If you don’t want to talk about what happened yet, you don’t have to.”
I knew that, which was why I needed to. He deserved to know what I did as soon as possible.
“It’s okay, but we should probably sit.” It was colder toward the mountain, so I moved in the direction I sensed the heat that had been sweltering near the town.
We walked nearly a minute and found a flat enough rock. I sat on the top and turned to face him. My heart yearned to feel the bond, searched for the tether that was no longer there.
Cillian grabbed my hands and squeezed. “Whatever happened, we’ll figure out a way to make it right.”
I decided to start with the easier subject. “I broke our bond. I mated with another dragon shifter.”
His thumb rubbed over my palm. “I know. To save River.”
“He’s okay, right?” If I’d done all that for nothing, I was going to lose my shit.
He nodded. “As far as I know, yes. Justine was with him, and he’d texted me while I was still looking for you, warning me about your family.”
My hand covered my mouth. “Oh hell. My parents.”
“Are furious and we’ll need to see them tomorrow,” he said. “Beatrix was also with them when I went back to Earth to let everyone know that I hadn’t found you yet. She has everything we need for the spell. She also said she knew how to break a bond. So, whoever you had to bond with to get into Drago, she can remove the connection.”
I shuddered at the memory of Knox placing one of his scales in the cut on my hand. I didn’t think anything had ever felt more terrible.
“We’ll have her do that first thing,” I said. “I would have never chosen him if I’d had another choice. I meant what I said before you left, Cillian.”
His smile was soft and soothed some of my worries. “I know. It’s the only reason I stayed somewhat sane while you were gone. I knew you needed me still.” He paused, his gaze briefly moving to our combined hands. “Besides the bond, he didn’t force you to do anything you didn’t want to, right?”
I was shaking my head before he finished asking. “My wolf would have bit his dick off.”
He finally laughed, and the sound filled my chest with warmth. At least until he asked his next question.
“Who took you?”
This was my opening. He wasn’t furious with me for tying myself to someone else as I thought he had every right to be. I needed to tell him who it was.
“About that,” I said, looking away from him and out toward the barren land. “The person who took me…said he’s your brother.”
Cillian’s body stiffened next to me, and I finally looked back over at him. His eyes pinched at the sides, and there was a tic in his left cheek that normally wasn’t there.
“He was lying,” he said stiffly.
