Twenty-Eight: Natalie

Natalie’s P.O.V.

All of the work the masseuse had put in was pointless as I felt myself tense back up. I cleared my throat, resisting the urge to pull the slices of cucumber from my eyes and look over at her.

“Not very much,” I answered, embarrassed to admit that he hadn’t told me anything about them. I had to find out for myself that his mother was even still alive. At this point, I doubted he would willingly offer any information to me if I asked.

We were still at the ‘tell me your favorite color’ stage even though we had already slept together.

“They didn’t have the best relationship,” Chanlies started, but the hardness of her voice took me aback. Her bubbly and excited tone was gone, and in its place was a darkness that I hadn’t expected.

I wanted to stop her and tell her that Killian would tell me about it in his own time, but I also really wanted to know. Maybe it would help me to understand Killian better.

father had given up on finding his fated. He selected my mother as a breeder. She was the strongest female warrior of her pack, and even without the mate bond, he was completely taken by her.” She took a deep breath, and I listened carefully as I heard the slight tremor in her

was clearly a difficult story for her to tell, and I didn’t want

make her happy. He gave her everything she could

wonder what happened for the king to be dead and his chosen to be in a coma. Killian had spared no *when it came to me, and I was grateful for it, but knowing that

to look at

never heard about this before, and it was for good reason. The people would have had a field day with that kind of gossip, and the royal family. would have lost a lot of respect. Charlie looked away from me as I sat up, mimicking her position on the edge of my table with my legs hanging over the side. I grabbed my robe from

wanted her to know that I was there for her, and I reached over and grabbed her hand on top of

people were around, they acted like the perfect couple. But when it was just the family, they did everything they could to tear each other

was there for all of it though. He watched as it destroyed

had ever seen her. When my father joined us, you could see the way that what remained of his soul left his body when he

part in it. He killed my mother’s fated right in front of her.

in disbelief. The healer had said that the queen’s mate had died, and I had just assumed she was talking about the king. I could see why Killian would have a hard time with relationships after growing up with

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