Chapter 28

KILLIAN

I watched as my mate took a step back, avoiding my eyes for a second as her heart raced. 

She didn’t even understand how much I wanted to know who dared hurt her the way that they did in the first place, but that was something that I was going to have to figure out with time.

“I would like to be excused.”

“Eleanor...”

“Please, Alpha.” She said, stopping me. Tears formed in her eyes and I frowned as she turned around to leave. I frowned and wrapped my hand around her arm, stopping her. I slowly put my hand on her shoulder, gently massaging it before sliding her sleeve down a bit. The V-cut that was on the dress made it a lot easier for me to do so.

“I am not going to hurt you, Eleanor.” I lowered my voice to above a whisper as I looked at her, letting her know that I did not intend to hurt her. 

She froze completely and I could tell that she was holding her breath as I looked at her back, my heart dropping to my stomach as I