Chapter 55 - a sad realization

Keegan

After another tense confrontation between Lucas and Mara over her reckless son, I retreated to my own chambers, exhausted. But sleep eluded me as my sister's words echoed in my mind...

"You must tell Lucas the truth, brother! Keeping Heather's secret will only endanger us all."

I had pleaded with her to be patient. "The time is not right. His temper remains volatile where she is concerned."

My sister had refused to budge. "Fifteen years is long enough! What are you afraid of?"

I could not meet her accusing eyes, ashamed of my own cowardice. She was right - Lucas deserved to know that his long lost mate had returned to our territory. That I had reunited mother and child in secret.

But I could not forget Lucas's cold rage all those years ago when Heather disappeared. His vicious threats once he discovered her missing from the compound I was guarding. Threats he would have enacted if not for his ailing grandmother's intervention...

So I had helped Heather escape into the night, ai