Page 20 of Shadow of Fury
“You’re right.” She showed her teeth, “I am stubborn, which is why I won’t let you, or Logan, or anyone else distract me from finding out what really happened to our sister.”
“Logan?” Raven tilted her head at the mention of his name. “You think he’s back to try and stop your investigation or something?”
“No.”
“Then what happened last night, Wren?” Raven raised her voice again. “You saw him. You talked to him. And then you came home and cried until you literally passed out from exhaustion. I thought when you got up today that we could talk about it… but instead you’re dressed for work like nothing happened.”
“Because nothing happened.”
Her sister snorted, “You’re lying.”
“It’s not important.”
“It is.”
“It’s not.”
“Stop lying to me!”
Wren grit her teeth, “I don’t want to get into it right now.”
“Too bad!” Raven shouted at her this time. “I know I said I wouldn’t demand answers because it wasn’t my place but maybe it is. I’m the one who wiped your tears. I’m the one who held you together. I’m the one who stayed up half the night worrying, I think I deserve some explanation, Wren. Tell me what happened when you saw Logan last night. Tell me why you were so upset?”
Her stomach clenched and she felt bile climb her throat as Raven pressed harder and harder for the truth, “I can’t.”
“Why not?” Raven snapped.
“Because you’ll hate me!” she whispered, barely realizing the words had escaped until her sister's expression changed, the anger of a moment before fading beneath the worried expression she knew so well.
“What? No. I could never…” Raven came around the counter and Wren knew that any hope she’d had of keeping her secret from her sister was gone now.
Raven was right, she deserved the truth. She deserved to know what Wren had done. Maybe if she knew she’d understand why Wren had to go to work today and pretend like everything was fine, why it was more important than ever that she learn the truth of what had happened to Lark.
“You’ll hate me. I know you will, because I hate myself.” She pulled away when Raven tried to reach for her arm. “No. I don’t deserve your comfort.”
“Wren, seriously. You’re scaring me again. Just tell me what’s going on.”
She met her sister’s worried gaze and forced the words past the heaviness in her chest, “When I was out for my run last night, I caught an unfamiliar scent. My wolf knew what it was instantly but I didn’t realize what it meant, not until it led me to Logan.”
“What do you mean? What did your wolf know?”
“The scent, I had to chase it because my wolf recognized it. She knew it belonged to our fated mate because it sparked the bond as soon as we scented him. It was like a magnet, pulling me towards him, and I couldn’t fight it, not even when I realized who he was.”
Raven blinked slowly, “Wait… you’re saying… you scented your mate last night and when you found the source it was… Logan?”
Wren nodded.
“Logan Kemp is your mate?”
Wren’s bottom lip trembled but she nodded again, “Yeah. Apparently.”
Raven’s brow furrowed and she shook her head, “But if that’s true then…”
“He and Lark weren’t fated like we all thought.”
“Oh Wren…” Raven started to reach for her again but she held her hands up.
“Please, don’t be nice to me right now. I think I might fall apart again if you’re nice about this.”