Midnight Trials: Bloodlines book two by Erin O'Kane

Author:Erin O'Kane [O'Kane, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Joel’s hand stills on the small of my back as he digests what I just told him. I knew that this would be a difficult conversation, and he listened in silence as I told him about my encounter with Syn in the forest and what we discovered. I’d taken the coward’s way out and told him while he was zipping up the back of my dress for the celebration tonight, unable to cope with seeing the disappointment on his face.

My body tenses at the silence that only seems to grow. I feel him finish zipping my dress and his deft fingers working on the small button at the top to hold it closed.

“You’re sure?” he asks, walking around until he’s facing me. “There’s no way you’re confused?”

My hands are clasped before me as I look down at the two different pairs of shoes as I pretend that I’m debating which to wear. At least, I was until he asked this. Forgetting my fear of his reaction, I raise a brow and meet his gaze, not even trying to tone down my anger at the question.

“Really?” I can’t quite believe he asked me that. When I saw him for the first time, I knew, deep in my gut, that Joel was my mate. I know Syn and I didn’t find out in a conventional way, but it was clear when our eyes met for the first time without being under a spell that we were mates. For someone who has experienced that feeling already, I’m surprised that Joel would even go there and question if I was feeling the bond correctly.

“Okay, that was a stupid question.” He makes a noise of frustration and sits on the edge of the bed, burying his face in his hands.

Not quite knowing what to do, I bite down on my lower lip as I watch him. I hate causing him any sort of distress, but this is also something that I have no control over. As soon as I got back to the champions’ compound, I knew that I needed to seek him out and tell him. None of this will work without full transparency and honesty, and I aim to start as I wish to go on.

I’m still debating if I should walk over and comfort him or let him work through this himself when he lets out an exhausted sounding breath and lowers his hands. He meets my worried gaze, and when he sees my expression, his face softens and he holds out a hand for me.

“Come here,” he calls, more a request than an order, but one that I willingly follow. Stepping between his legs, I stand before him as he brings his arms around me. With him sitting like this and me standing, I’m just a little taller than him, something that makes me smile.

“It doesn’t surprise me that the council would do something like that,” he murmurs, running one of his hands up and down my arm, leaving a trail of goosebumps in its wake.

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