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Her sto casually Instead her shoulders jerked unsteadily "You knohy I left"

His jaw clenched "No, I don’t You told me we had no future, then disappeared Just like that"

His words put a o the change well" When she’d asked him about hoell humans transformed to shifters, he’d told her it was a rare occurrence and most humans didn’t survive the transition Only one percent

He frowned "Yes, I did And?"

"You failed tothem into bondmates, the chance of survival increases substantially" To a hundred percent If he’d loved her enough and wanted to mate and bond with her, then she’d have turned just fine It would have been a hot, very pleasurable experience If she’d let him sink his canines into her neck while they made love under a full moon, it would have been an instantaneous transformation for her But she’d had to learn that from someone else Jayce had lied to her and fed her soo the transition

He still held the spatula in his hand The only evident giveaway that he’d understood her words was the whitening of his knuckles as he clenched the utensil But she could also see his inner wolf clawing at him from the insides Thanks to her seer abilities, she could see a person’s true nature She’d known exactly what he was the moment they’d met Unlike a lot of shifters, his as always at the surface,him much closer to his beast side than his huht have freaked her out a little more than it did now She didn’t understand why his aniitated that she knew the truth

"You know about that?" A quiet question

Hot tears pricked her eyes, but she angrily blinked the it "I’m not stupid You had to know I’d find out eventually" When she’d found out the truth, she’d realized he didn’t love her and never would He wanted her as a bedh to bond with, wasn’t good enough to turn into a shifter She was only good for sex Unless he bonded with her, Kat would grow old while he wouldn’t, and eventually he’d grow tired of her

There had been only one option She’d had to cut her losses before it was i away had been easy It had been the hardest thing she’d ever had to do Still he didn’t answer, so she continued "You’re not even denying you don’t want me as your bondmate Is it because I’m human?" She hated that her voice cracked, but too et free Her entire life she’d always felt like a bit of a freak because of her abilities Having a criminal for a father hadn’t helped her to fit in anywhere She’d been nothing but an outsider until she’d s she had That he’d cared for her as much as she’d cared for him

Instead of responding he just stared at her She couldn’t read anything in his eyes They were co crazy inside him It looked like it wanted out and she wasn’t sure why

Last night’s liquor and the coffee fro sloshed around wickedly in her stoaze away and set the spatula down He wouldn’t look at her and that orse than anything else he could have said or done "I’ve got to get to aI’ll let myself out, but make sure you reset the alarm" His voice was quiet, unemotional

And that was it Now he knehy she’d left hi to her A hollow, sick feeling welled up inside her When she’d walked away fro she’d been the one to cut ties Now that he was here, in her kitchen, validating everything she’d known the past few months, it cut like a sharp razor

Once she heard the front door shut, she turned off the coffee at itJayce said, she reset the alar down her cheeks Getting up had clearly been aAs she pulled up her cover, her cell phone rang For one insane moment hope flared inside her that it was Jayce Which was stupid When she saw December’s number, she brushed her tears away and pressed the talk button If anyone could make her feel better, it was her friend