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locked on hers, so there’d be no escaping his scrutiny. “Walk me through what happened with that one, because you can’t tell me you were pinned down or cornered, and your…energy…lashed out. It was a conscious decision, and you fucking well know it.”
    She knew it all hinged on this very answer—and she’d be doomed if she did anything but tell him the truth. “I thought he was going to kill you, Greyson. The energy had already started to build from the attack, and when I saw you were hurt and he was going to swipe at you again, I took a chance and lowered my guard, which set the energy free. But you have to believe me…it was the first time I’d ever used the energy like that. I swear, each and every other time, it was truly in my own defense.”
    “I suppose I have no real option but to take your word on that.”

Chapter Four
     
    Greyson didn’t know what the fuck to do with Juno. And he hated that he was annoyed and frustrated with her. She should have told him, should have trusted him. But she hadn’t. She had let him put a whole lot on the line, not just with him but with his pack, knowing he was making decisions even though he didn’t have all the facts.
    “I just don’t know what to say, Juno.” He cursed under his breath and resisted the urge to pace. “I get that you were defending yourself. I don’t doubt that—and I know that Atticus was attacking you. But given that I was doing everything possible to protect and defend you, you’d think you would tell me what really happened.”
    “Oh, sure…because you and I go way back.” Her eyes shimmered with threatening tears once more, even if there was also a fire behind those blue eyes of hers. “Why do you think I kept trying to leave? Why do you think I kept panicking about us getting married? I knew it wasn’t fair to put you in this situation, when you didn’t know what was going on. But you can’t lay all the blame on me when I did my best to put some distance between us, and you wouldn’t let me go.”
    This time when her tears spilled over, he let out a sigh and pulled her into his arms, leaning back against the sofa as he held her to him. The truth of the matter was that she had tried to leave and not involve him, but he couldn’t see past the fact that she was his mate. “Hush, love…it’ll be okay. We’ll get through this—but we have to be completely honest with each other.”
    “You’re better off without me.” When she looked up at him, he saw such a vulnerability in her, it was as if she had finally let her guard down for the first time—and he swore, it felt like everything changed in that moment.
    “I’d be nothing but miserable without you in my life, Juno. But from here on out, we’re a team. We’re in this together, and that means no lies, and no fucking secrets.” He brushed her cheek, needing to touch her, needing some sort of physical connection between them.
    “You have my word. I swear, there’s nothing else.” She let out a weary sigh, as if she still had the weight of the world on her shoulders. “I didn’t want to have to lie to you, but…I also didn’t want to drag you into my mess. And at the start, I wasn’t sure how you’d react to the truth.”
    “I know, love.” And he truly did. It’s not as though he hadn’t spent a lifetime trying to keep the fact that he was a shifter from even his closest duine friends. “You may not want to hear this, but now more than ever, we’ll need to get married or there will be little hope of keeping you safe. I have no doubt the bear you jolted with your energy will report back to his clan, and they’ll piece together what really happened to Atticus.”
    He got ready for her to protest getting married, even though it was their only option. And he swore, if she didn’t agree to go willingly, he could guarantee she’d be a hell of a lot less happy with the alternative. Because their wedding was happening whether she liked it or not.
    “How can