Chapter Seventy Three
I wondered why Bruce had kept the truth to himself all these years. Now it did make sense why he left us and just maybe, he deserved my forgiveness.
My mother never did know anything about the man she fell in love with; she didn’t know he was a warlock several years older than he looked. She knew nothing, and he shouldn’t have left her in the dark, but still I could understand why he did that; maybe he believed he was protecting her.
The members of the Nightshade pack paid their respect to Daisy. Many wept over her death; of course, they didn’t know the truth about her betrayal. Thane, on the other hand, didn’t like this idea; he didn’t think she deserved to be buried with honor after what she did.
“You don’t have to watch all these.” Thane said to me, he believed me being here at Daisy’s burial was just an act, a simple cover up.
“You know, I don’t blame her for anything she did; she was not in her right senses. Daemon messed with her, just as he always does, and so it’s him I blame.
“Daemon is gone now; I don’t think Jade would be letting him go anytime soon.”
“Not until Vox is awoken.”
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“She has been trying for decades; The chances that it would work in our lifetime are very… slim.
“Thane, I know you want Daemon to die by your hands; I know you never did plan on letting Jade handle him.”
“You seem to know me more than I know myself,” he said with a smirk, but that confirmed my theory. I knew Thane would never let Daemon go for what he did to me, but I needed him to understand that he was all I had, and I couldn’t have him running back into danger.
“Please don’t go against him.”
“I won’t,” he said, but of course he had only said that so I would let go of the topic, not because he had changed his mind.
“lose”
“I only got you back; I am not going to Daemon; I had lost a lot to him already.”
“It’s in my nature; I am a possessive creature, and he hurt what belongs to me. I cannot let him
go.”
I held onto Thane’s hands. “Then do it for me.”
I could see the internal conflict in his eyes; he wasn’t used to letting things go; he was an Alpha; it was a part of his nature just as he had said. Finally, he nodded.
“I won’t go after him, but if I ever cross paths with him, I will kill him.”
“Fine by me.”
One of the pack commanders stood before the crowd, giving a speech; he seemed to have been a distant relative to Daisy.
“Daisy had been an active member of this pack, and everyone can attest to that. She always put her duty
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first, even before her own desires and wants; she was always there to tend to us, always available to help. Though she is dead, she lives on in our hearts and mils.” He finished with the repetitive line.
Applause erupted from the crowd of listeners.
I couldn’t help but agree with the commander; Daisy placed her job first, always. Everything changed when Daemon came into her life and ruined her.
Thane led me back into our room. He took off his coat and helped me with mine. He kissed me and it all got heated really fast, his hands fisted into my hair. I knew what was about to happen, and I was… scared.
He paused, sensing my fear.
“What is wrong?”
“Nothing.” I say, trying to kiss him back, but he pulls away.
“It’s Daemon, isn’t it? That’s why you are afraid of having sex; he hurt you, didn’t he?”
Thane was literally shaking in anger; I bet he was regretting the promise he made to me or at least trying to think of a way out of it.
“No, it is not.” I lied.
“And you don’t think I can tell you are lying?”
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