Almost hyperventilated.
I choked, “What are you saying?”
Godric’s golden eyes didn’t falter. “You’re my mate.”
My hand shot out in front of Cassander. “Cut my finger.”
Godric hissed through his clenched teeth.
Cassander closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead.
Finn pulled out his knife with a long sigh. “Give me your hand.”
“Why not him? He’s obviously a shifter.” I glared, my body trembling in shock at Godric’s declaration. “I’ve seen him shift, not you.”
Finn explained calmly, “Cassander is our seer. It won’t work with him.” He flicked his free hand at me. “Now give me your hand so you can see the truth and start to process it all.”
My nostrils flared in suspicion, but I placed my trembling hand in front of him. “Fine.”
His blade flashed so fast I barely saw it.
As in, a human can’t move that fast.
I flinched at the sting. “Ow!”
Godric growled. It wasn’t human. There was a lion’s growl coming from inside his chest. He hissed, “You cut too deep.”
“I apologize, but she needed to feel it.”
I jerked my full gaze from Godric, swallowing down the hysteria choking me from the noise he made and peered down at my hand. There was a line of blood on my palm, and a cut down into the flesh. But, as I watched, my skin knit itself together so fast, I would have missed it if I’d blinked.
I wiped the blood on the blanket.
My body started trembling for a new reason.
I jerked my attention to the man with the golden lion eyes. My chest heaved as I burned inside. “You didn’t tell me.”
“I didn’t know,” Godric growled. He leaned forward in his seat, his gaze fueled with fury. “One of my guards was supposed to check after you left the bedroom, but you evaded them. So I sent Jonathan after you. That bastard lied to me. He said you tested negative.”
Finn whistled. “Oh shit.”
“I’m fucking burying him.”
The fight instantly died within me. “I evaded him too. That wasn’t his fault. He was probably scared to tell you.”
“He lied to me.” Godric seethed, his cheeks flushing with anger. “Shifters do not take a mate test lightly. It is our existence, as you stated. I will bury that bastard. And I’ll enjoy it.”
“Godric…” I reprimanded gently.
“What would you have done if your whole life, yourentireimmortallife, you never understood why you couldn’t die. Why you never aged. Why you had to suffer watching friends grow old and die over and over again…forever.”
My mouth shut. I shivered in fear.
“Exactly. The bastard will be buried.”
I held his furious gaze.
So many thoughts poured through my head.
