37 — Do You Believe Me?

Malia

"I received a visit from the moon goddess, Jaden," I look at him deeply, wanting him to see the absolute truth in my eyes. "And she told me some things... that made me very... suspicious of everyone." I hold his fingers against my chest. "You believe me, don't you?"

"Of course I believe you," he says, holding my face. "All of this only confirmed what I was already suspecting." He sighs.

"What do you mean?" I ask, furrowing my brow.

"I didn't want to worry you," he squeezes my fingers against his palm and sighs. "But my main reason for going there was that during that one week I was missing, I was attacked and almost killed by a group of rogues. They knew exactly where I was and what I was going to do in that pack. Damon and I managed to get away from them, but we knew something was wrong. How could they know exactly where to go?" I sigh, closing my eyes. I almost lost my mate and didn't even know it. "It turns out that my parents arranged it. Apparently, they paid those rogues t