“What is it?” Falcon asks.
Shayne looks from him to me before he answers.
“Shadow’s pack want to buy a house off campus, but that means hiring a second team to be in charge of things here when they’re at home. Shadow thinks another pack would be the perfect solution. He said Owen’s been reaching out to guys he worked with in the past, but so far no one’s interested in being in charge of the operation of the academy. So all he has are some new security guards. They still need someone who’ll care as much as they do about keeping this place safe from threats.”
“And our pack will have good reason to keep this place safe,” Falcon surmises.
“Exactly,” Shayne says, before he takes another drink.
Falcon’s quiet for a moment, and I feel like I’m sitting here holding my breath.
“It’s an interesting idea,” Falcon admits. “But I’m not sure Lana will feel the same way Shadow does. At least, not when it comes down to me.”
He sags a little in his seat.
“Maybe not right now,” Shayne agrees. “But give it a week or two …”
He shrugs as he trails off.
Shayne thinks Lana will say yes once I’m mated to them.
Regardless of whether that’s true or not, I can’t believe they want to stay here for me.
“Don’t you have a home to get back to? A life somewhere that’s not here?”
They look at me, and I feel completely overwhelmed with emotion all over again.
My eyes fill with tears, and my breathing hitches.
They can’t want to be here just for me.
That’s crazy.
Falcon takes my hand in both of his. “The apartment we have in Silver Valley was never a home. It was just a place to stay. We don’t have any reason to go back. This is where we’re supposed to be now. With you.”
I blink as I start to cry, seeing these men through blurry vision and wishing I could find the words to tell them how good it feels to have them with me.
Falcon puts an arm around me and lets me cry on his shoulder.
“You’re okay, Robin. I’ve got you. You’re safe.”
Chapter Eighty-Four
Falcon
It hurts my soul to hear Robin struggle to draw breath through the heart-wrenching sobs that flood out of her body, but I know that she needs to mourn the past to heal.
She’s been through so much, and she kept telling herself it was nothing.
That was denial. I know how that feels.
I went through something like it when I was eventually honest with Shayne. All those years ago, when we finally recognised each other as true mates, I knew I had to let go of the anger I had inside me over my mother’s death.
If I didn’t do that, I would only hurt Shayne.
I couldn’t let that happen.
This is what letting go looks like for Robin.
