RAE
The door clicked shut behind Kieran, and the silence that followed felt deafening. I stood there for a moment, my back pressed against the wood, trying to catch my breath. The takeout bag sat forgotten on my desk, steam still rising from whatever he’d brought me.
I had just told him about Luca. About the mate bonds. The words had tumbled out before I could stop them, desperate and stupid and completely reckless. Now both of them would know things I wasn’t ready to share, things I barely understood myself.
I just wanted to get him off my back and nothing had more shock value than that.
That was the only thing that saved me. He was too self-absorbed to handle the thought of sharing. Maybe it would keep him away, at least for a while. Maybe.
My hands were shaking. I balled them into
