“Why are you here?” He had to know that.
He swallowed a mouthful of water before he looked at me. His eyes were brown and they held so much sadness. He reminded me of an abandoned puppy. But I knew looks could be deceiving. I had let myself get wrapped up with the wrong man one too many times. I couldn’t let puppy dog eyes get me in trouble this time.
His eyes met mine and he smiled. It was a smile that could steal someone’s breath away. It was completely unexpected. “I see that I haven’t given you much to trust, have I?”
I shook my head once.
“I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was traveling between covens, learning about my people when Damian found me. At first,” he paused and looked away from me. His hair moved away from his neck and I caught a glimpse of darker skin, healed skin. Then it was gone. “I thought what he was offering was a new world, a new world where Pack Law didn’t exist and wolves didn’t have to worry about rank or the ridicule that came from it. But then I saw his true agenda and I tried to run.” He took a deep breath. “I tried to run, to get to my family, I needed to notify them of this. But it was too late. Damian had used venom to change me. He forced a wolf on me and I tried to take my life after the full moon.”
That explained the darkened skin on his neck. I pinched my lips together and looked at my clasped hands in my lap. “I’m so sorry.”
The fork clanked on the plate. “Do not apologize unless you plan on working for him.”
“I plan on doing no such thing. He didn’t tell me his agenda either. He just wants my help with revenge, he said.”
Lucas leaned back on his hands. “He wants so much more than revenge, Jade.”
