Chapter 41

“Then what is it?” Killian’s eyes were piercing right through him, the question and tension burning strong between them, “Are you in love with me or something?”

Killian was looking up at him, waiting. Mike dropped his hand from where it was still holding Killian firmly.

His mind was filled with all the things he wished to say, and even more filled with those he couldn’t say. At some point, he felt like his head was overflowing, so he began speaking, then stopped himself.

He couldn’t tell Killian who he was. He couldn’t tell why he was doing what he was doing, where he actually came from, what he had done before, none of it.

In general, he couldn’t tell Killian absolutely anything that wasn’t a lie.

He couldn’t even tell his mate that he was what he was. He’d really, really meant what he had said last night- that thing