Page 120 of My Broken Mate

I wait for her to hang up. “I love you, Katalina,” I mutter.

My thoughts linger on the name she used. Remy…

It’s time for Remy to leave so that Remus can come forward.

Chapter thirty-seven

An Alpha’s Son

*KAT*

Lyle paces around, gazing at his watch. “Where the fuck is he? Lecture starts in five minutes. He said he would be here fifteen minutes ago.”

Thudump. Thudump.

My heart hammers against my chest in an arrhythmic pattern, alarming me that something feels off.

“When did you last talk to him, Kat?” Ayden wants to know.

“Last night,” I say.

“And he said he would be coming today?”

“Yes,” I verify.

Although, did he? I said I would see him tomorrow, but he didn’t answer. He didn’t tell me he would meet me here. In fact, he was very vague.

“Be patient with him,” Cora says quietly. “Finding his mom’s inheritance must have been devastating.”

“Especially in the way it happened,” Ayden mutters.

They gaze at me. “Yes, he was devastated,” I say warily, again getting lost in my thoughts. I spent the last few days helping him every waking second. And if it weren’t for the stupid exams—and unlike Remy, I can’t afford not to give my best—I would have stayed at his place overnight, too. But he didn’t want me to, as he wanted me to study and do well.

Maybe that was part of his plan. He wanted to wait for the exams to pass so he wouldn’t be at fault if I failed… for whatever he is planning on doing now.

“Kat?” Fi urges.

“I am trying to think,” I mutter.

Lyle looks at Ayden. “Did you talk to Gabriel this week?”

“Yes, I met him briefly. They are all a bit shaken,” Ayden admits. “I don’t really know what happened, not in detail, and I don’t know the gravity of it, but I just know that it was serious.” He perks up. “Oh, there is Kiki!”

“Finally,” Lyle sighs, waiting for the long-legged beauty to approach us. “Kiki, did you find anything?”

“No, but one of the guards told me he left the pack a bit later than usual with one of his bodyguards. Maybe they had another appointment on the way?”

None of us answers her. Remy is the most diligent person I know. He wouldn’t be late for nothing.

He is also an alpha’s son,Marise intervenes.

What do you mean? Why are you emphasizing that? Does it matter?

Of course it does. It always matters. It’s in Remus’ blood.

Remus…

That’s what his mother called him, and that’s how the letter was addressed to him. He kept staring at his name for a longwhile. It starts to slowly settle in. Marise had a point with her words. She might not truly realize what she just said, but she is right. He is of alpha blood and has a certain drive in him, like all alpha’s children do. Maybe that drive was buried, maybe he pushed it to the side because of his past trauma, but it’s always been there.