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“Nope,” Jade replies, not bothering to open her eyes. “The majority of my pack consists of my childhood best friends, who I thought hated me for years, and then popped back into my life unexpectedly only to kidnap me. Oh, and they’re also my scent matches, but I only found that out now. Then there’s my other alpha, who was once a client I had a crush on, but I denied all the feelings I’ve had for him. Then he turns out to not only be the brother of one of my long lost best friends, but he’s also my scent match. But hey, let’s toss in him being a killer too.”

Griffin looks at me helplessly, and I give him a pitying look. Poor guy doesn’t know how to respond to that.

“Where do we go from here?” Zane asks. “If trigger-happy over here didn’t scare you off.”

“I don’t use guns,” Calvin mutters.

“I don’t even want to know,” Jade sighs and opens her eyes. “But what I do know is this doesn’t change how I feel. I love you all. I want you all. I’m not pissed about the fact that you're my scent matches, I’m pissed that you kept it from me. You want my trust? You have to show me you can be honest, no more secrets.”

“Done,” we all say at the same time.

“Then, I guess we just move forward?” She shrugs, and now it’s her turn to give us a guilty look. “Since we’re all here now, we may as well keep talking because you're not the only one who’s been keeping secrets."

Chapter 35

Jade

All the guys sit on the couch, staring at me as they wait for me to speak.

My mind is a mess right now. I went from accepting the scent match bond with Calvin, getting his bite and making things official, to finding out the guys I’ve been in love with most of my life are also my scent matches and have known since they saw me in the club.

When their scents hit me, it was both a shock and a euphoric feeling. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to have the same reaction as I did with Calvin. Mostly because with Calvin, I knew what I was getting into when I stepped into his hotel room, with the others, I didn’t.

Yes, my belly is slightly cramping, and I’m not going to ignore the fact that my perfume is floating around the room. The urge to jump all of their bones is there, but now is not the time nor the place.

Part of me wants to rip into them for keeping secrets but the other part is just... happy? Because at the end of the day, I love these guys. I want a life with them. And to know that the universe destined them for me too? I just can’t be mad.

But I do require complete honesty from now on because I don’t think I can handle any more surprises right now, at least not from my guys.

And I didn’t forget the little fact that Calvin has killed people. That should be a red flag and I should be running for the hills. So why the fuck do I think that’s sexy?

I know in my heart that man would never hurt me. So, what do I have to worry about?

Since we’re all set on not keeping things from each other, I guess it would be a good time to open up about everything with my past.

“Jade?” Everett’s voice snaps me out of my own mind.

“Right,” I sigh, leaning back against the couch. “It’s nothing relevant to anything now, it’s just... you know what. Never mind. It doesn’t have to do with our lives now, so it doesn’t matter.”

“Trouble,” Zane growls, shooting me a look.

“Fine,” I sigh. “You once asked me how I ended up at the High Roller. I don’t think I’ve ever gone into details on the night I left Karen and Charles’ place.”

“Just the mention of their names makes me want to murder people,” Zane mutters.

“You too?” I ask, trying not to grin. “Want to tell me something, big guy?”

He glares. “Keep going.”

Rolling my eyes, I continue, “The plan was to move away and start over. I was all set to leave, to start my new life the day I turned eighteen. Only, the night before my birthday, I overheard something that literally had me fearing for my life.”

“What was it?” Everett asks, all of them listening intently.

“Karen and Charles were talking, they thought I was upstairs doing chores. But I heard them saying something about trying to get me to stay past my birthday, despite knowing the fact that I was going to book it out of there as fast as I could. But they didn’t want me to, they wanted me to stay until they knew my designation.”

“Why would they care?” Griffin asks. Brows furrowed.

I let out a humorless laugh. “Because apparently, they had plans for me. At least, if I turned out to be an omega.”