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She nods, “Yes, Satish, travels around a lot.”
I open up the ziplock bag and pull out the pictures. “And you stole these?”
She shakes her head. “Not exactly, they fell out of his bag in my car, I kept them. This was when I first met him,” she tells me.
Turning the first photo over, I gasp, realizing how she recognized Temperance. It’s a picture of the girl in the cage like the ones we saw when we rescued her.
Yet, in the second picture, I nearly choke, stumbling over my words when I realize the boy I killed is in the picture too. Satish has his arm tossed over his shoulder, and a woman at his side.
“I know him,” I stutter, looking at the picture and pointing to the boy. Rose’s brows furrow.
“Yeah, he used to hang out with…” She glances away, she doesn’t need to say it, we all know she means her germ of an ex. “I’m surprised you know him, though?” she says as I walk out to the others.
“He never used to hang with us, I saw him at a few parties occasionally,” Rose continues as Dominic takes the photos, and Kyan peers over his shoulder to look.
“How do you know him?” Rose asks, and all eyes go to me. I swallow guiltily.
“Because I killed him,” I answer, causing her to take a step back from me and look at me in shock. This is not a conversation I want to have.
“Who?” Mateo asks, and Dominic hands him the photos.
“That woman must be the mother, then,” Dominic says, opening up the newspaper clipping.
“Wait, this is the rogue attack on your pack, Mateo. I wonder?”
Dominic falls quiet before looking at Mateo. “It can’t be,” he says, snatching the photo from Mateo. Yet when I lift my head, Mateo appears to be in shock.
“What?” I ask Dominic. He looks at Mateo, but Mateo just shakes his head.
“The newspaper clipping is from Ezra’s pack when the rogues attacked the school,” Dominic states. “I remember hearing about it,” he adds, looking at Mateo.
“What’s that got to do with anything? Why would he have that?” I ask when I recognize a resemblance between the black and white photo from the newspaper to the picture of Satish and his son with the woman.
“She was my first mate, kinda,” Mateo says, and my gaze goes to him. “I killed her to save Kat.”
ChapterSixty-One
Eziah
Temperance tugs at the neckline of her top, sweat beading on her skin as her heat starts to come on. She reaches for the window button, but I am quick to stop her, knowing she'll send every unmated wolf after us if she does.
“It's so hot,” she whines, and I swallow, breathing through my mouth as I turn the AC on more. She tries the window again, but I quickly lock it. “Eziah, it's hot,” she growls. Nervously, I glance at her when Malachi presses beneath my skin, and I feel my pupils dilate.
“You're gonna have to tell her,” he snarls at me.
Hearing the sound of the leather tearing, my eyes dart to her hands gripping the seat, her claws sinking into the fabric. “Please open the window, your AC is broken,” she begs.
“I can't open it,” I tell her through gritted teeth as fur starts growing up my arms, which does not go unnoticed by Temperance. I hear her heart rate pick up. Feel her panic through the bond. She’s scared of me.
“It's just Malachi, he won't hurt you,” I remind her, but it doesn't lessen her anxiety. Yet, I am startled by her response to my words.
“Why is he mad? I've been good,” she blurts, making me look at her.
“He's not mad… you… you're going… Fuck!” I curse. This feels wrong, so wrong, how can biology be so messed up that women endure this, well, that she has to so quickly after I've marked her.
Yet, my irritation at not knowing how to tell her only seems to set her more on edge. She falls quiet, sitting uncomfortably, despite feeling her wanting to get away from me. Reaching my hand to the door, I lock her doors, worried she may throw herself out of my car.
“You're going into heat, it's not hot, it's just you. My wolf can sense it,” I finally say.
