Kieran's POV
"He told me."
Those two words sat in my chest like…like… a stone sinking into still water. I stared at her, waiting for the ripples to settle, but they didn't.
"He?" The word came out before I could stop it.
Maya shrugged, glancing away from me toward the window. "It's a secret."
Something I had never felt before ripped through my chest. My wolf slammed against my ribs so hard I almost staggered from the force of it.
"Who." I kept my voice flat. "Who is your mate?"
"I just told you." She picked at the edge of her blanket, still not looking at me. "It's a secret."
"Maya."
"Kieran."
She said my name with that small, infuriating calm that she had about her sometimes, like she had already decided nothing I did would move her. That was what broke the last thread of my pat
