Ifelt tears spring in my eyes. Kai whined.‘I did love her, like she was myown sister. Melissa is your mate,’Kai agreed with him.
Allright, time to get this shit out in the open.
‘ExceptMelissa is now Tara reincarnated. Werewolves do only mate once in a lifetime.But if that mate dies and the other lives, the soulmate reincarnates and theyfind each other again,’I told him,bracing myself for his response.
‘It’strue,’Kai added quickly backing meup. Finally!
Maxleapt off of Kai and panted heavily. His look was venomous; he was beyondpissed. I felt something pulling on the pack bonds.
‘Max,no!’Kai shouted.
‘What’shappening?’I questioned.
‘Brother,no,’Kai said one final time and winced as Maxhowled in pain.
Maxlimped off into the distance as I sat there stunned. Tara lay with her tailbetween her legs.
‘He’sforced a break in the bond. He’s rogue now.’Kai stated emotionless as he watched his best friend walk away.
Tarasuddenly ran off in the opposite direction as Max. Shamus took off after her,slowly changing his form as he ran.
Iwhined and went to get near Kai.
‘Itold you it would break him! I told you!’Kai shouted at me and ran off into the woods to follow Max. I was leftwith a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach.
Ishifted quickly and grabbed my clothes as the tears spilled down my cheeks.
Rajapproached me as I pushed past him and into the house. “Aurora, dominant wolveshave strong emotions. It will be okay.”
Inodded and shut the door, running down the hall and into the room where I keptLuna. She greeted me by purring and rubbing up against my leg. I grabbed herand headed for the small walk-in closet. I dressed quickly and shut myselfinside, lying down on the floor with her on my chest. I dozed off.
Begin
Alittle while later, I was awoken by the smell of food. My mouth watered. Wenever got to eat at the diner. It was pitch black outside. I left Luna insideher room and went out into the kitchen. Kai’s mom was cooking homemade Indianfood.
“Itsmells amazing in here.”
Diya,Jai, Akash, and Raj were sitting at the kitchen table talking excitedly. Rajwore a huge grin and Akash was patting Diya’s belly.
“Myonly daughter is pregnant! We are going to celebrate,” Raj told me.
Jairolled his eyes behind his father and I smiled weakly.
Mayaleft a simmering pot on the stove and came over to me. She kept her voice low.“Kai came while you were sleeping, said to tell you he was sorry for gettingupset. He went to help Shamus find Tara.”
“Whatdo you mean? Tara is lost? Shamus was right behind her?”
Mayanodded. “Tara is a changed wolf. Her gift is similar to a chameleon. She can blendin with her surroundings. She can stay hidden for weeks if she wants to.”
Ohno. “Max?” I was afraid to ask.
Mayalooked sad. “Kai and Max have been best friends a long time. I don’t think thiswill break that.”
“Okay,but did Kai catch up to him? What happened? How long was I asleep?”
Mayagave me a sad look. “Max is still rogue, he asked Kai to leave him alone. Youwere asleep only a half hour or so.”
Dammit!Max was Kai’s best man. He had to be at our wedding. It wasn’t going to feelright if he wasn’t there.
