His Dark Mate (18+) (Ongoing)

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Adrianna and Taylor arrived home about 10 minutes later after spending time at my sister Azia's house and was greeted by me, a bloody mess on our bedroom floor. Adrianna sent Taylor away to her room so that she could watch television before tending to my wounds. I was going to have to tell Adrianna the truth about her not being my mate, tell her that she was in possible danger if she stayed with me any longer, to tell her that our entire relationship was nothing but a lie to cover up a truth. But my love for her was indeed real and would never go away for as long as I lived.

"This is a nasty scar Kaiden, you have a knack for attracting trouble, you have to be more careful especially with you being an Alpha," Adrianna said worriedly as she cleaned up the last of my blood from my face.

"You have no idea," I chuckled.

"I was told you had to rush off to some business regarding the Divine Celeste pack, how were things over there?" She asked, trying to distract me from the pain but the pain no longer bothered me. Her face was all I could focus on, the mother of my only child, a lover for all these years, but someone I've neglected for too long and I've only realized now because there might be a chance I'll lose her.

"Adrianna I do love you," I said, clutching her hand into mine as I looked deep into her eyes.

"You know I rarely get the chance to hear you tell me that," She smiled, blushing heavily as she noticed my intense gaze never breaking contact.

I have to tell her.

I have to tell her.

For her own sake, for her own safety.

"Adrianna I have to tell you something that I've been keeping from you for years," I sighed, breaking away at our eye contact.

"What is it? You're kind of scaring me right now," She said worriedly.

I had to do it now.

Now was the moment for this.

"You...are not my true mate Adrianna," I said, closing my eyes, unsure of what to expect next now that the truth was out.

All I knew were that my next possible steps were to protect her and Taylor at all-

"Kaiden I know this already," Her sweet voice filled my ears as my brain couldn't process the words I just heard.

"What?" I asked without a second thought.

She knew.

How did she know?

Why did she know?

All this time I dreaded telling her this and after all this time she already knew? Did she know that Alp- Isis was my mate already? Could she tell from that meeting or did she know before? She couldn't have possibly known before then.

"I knew for a while now that you weren't my mate, at first I didn't want to accept it but then it all started to make sense why you would act weird sometimes towards me but I guess you have your reasons as to why you chose me to be your 'mate' and why you never told me the truth till now," She explained to me.

"How did you even found out?" I asked with a confused expression plastered all over my face.

This wasn't how I thought this conversation was going to go at all.

"You have to promise me that you won't get mad, I know how you get with things," She pleaded as she squeezed my hand.

"Adrianna there are far worst things out there right now to get mad about, the more I know the easier it will make our lives," I said, I didn't understand how it could possibly make me angry.