He didn’t blink. “I knew you were the one. Improbable as it was, the lifemate I thought I’d never find was here, on this world, in this town.”
“B-but you didn’t say anything — ”
His hand went up to run through his hair, mussing it, the disarray somehow making him look even more handsome…if that was possible. “What was I supposed to say, Kirsten? I was in the middle of a case, and anyway, what would your reaction have been if I’d gone up to you and said, ‘Hello, Kirsten, you don’t know me, but I’m your destined lifemate. And oh, I also happen to be an alien. Hope you don’t mind.’?”
I wanted to argue, but I knew he was right. Even hearing it now shook me, shook me to my core. That wasn’t the sort of declaration I’d been expecting, and as much as Martin’s revelation explained a good many t
