Chapter 15

The car ride started off noticeably quiet.

I pursed my lips and then looked around awkwardly. I had so many questions. Thomas looked at me from the corner of his eye, smirking with an eyebrow raised; noticing that I was burning with questions.

“So…remember that one time when you were going to tell me something on our way to school?” I looked down at my fingers, fidgeting.

Thomas sighed. “Well Katherine, your headmaster is my mate.” I nodded, trying to hide that I already knew that.

“But based on your reaction you figured that out already,” he responded, chuckling.

I put my lips in a line. “I may have overheard some of the conversation,” I admitted.

Thomas gave me a half smile, his fingers tightened around the steering wheel.

“Not long after the attack on your mother happened…,” his jaw tightened, anguish filled his face; “I saw Katherine and we realized we were mates. We were best friends growing up along with my best friend Ben. I hadn't seen her since she went off to school bef