Page 69 of My Broken Mate

Remy is surprised to see me, and a tad apprehensive. “Sean, did something happen? Or did I do something wrong?”

“Why do you think that?” I ask.

Again, Gabriel’s words come to my mind. He has a point with what he said. Maybe Remyisscared of me and is just good at hiding it.

No matter the reason, it’s obvious that his mind always goes to something negative first.

“It’s just… usually you don’t look for me at this time of the day,” Remy explains.

Do I never talk to him spontaneously? One awesome brother I am! “Nothing happened,” I reassure him. “I just have a favor to ask of you.”

Remy looks surprised. “How can I help?”

I hand him the flyer. “You know I am currently working on a good relationship with Alpha Joel and his family. Kata is the youngest, and I don’t know much about her, but I do want her to be comfortable with our family.”

“You want me to invite her to this concert for that reason?” Remy asks.

“No, you don’t need to invite her. She is going with her friends, Ayden and Fiona.”

“Fiona is a girl from our pack,” he says.

I am surprised he knows that. “Yes.” I pause. “I know this might sound like an unusual request, but would you maybe join them?”

Again, Remy looks surprised. “Wouldn’t that be weird?”

“From what I know, they wanted to ask you anyway.”

“They did?”

“Yes.”

Remy looks torn for a moment. I can’t blame him for that. He probably knows I am manipulating him. He is too smart not to realize, but Gabriel is right; he usually doesn’t dare to shoot me down. To my surprise, though, Remy doesn’t look upset, and instead, he seems to be anxious, as expected, but also… intrigued.

“Okay,” he says.

“Are you sure?” I ask. I didn’t expect him to agree so fast. “If you hate it, I won’t force you.”

“No,” he says with an unusual amount of confidence in his voice. “I want to join Kata… and her friends.”

Now I am the one who is intrigued. He called her Kata instead of using her full name, like he usually does. “How does your head feel?”

“Much better,” he says.

He really does look lighter, so maybe that’s the reason he is willing to go. Maybe he is truly looking for some new connections outside his friends. With Lyle having found his mate, things will inevitably change for the trio. Maybe it’s the push Remy needed to try to broaden his circle of friends? Whatever it is, I am just relieved he seems to be on board with it.

*KAT*

Joel bids me goodbye with a thumbs up and the words, “You look scandalous,” which is exactly what I was going for. Ayden really looks the part, too. I wasn’t aware he could pull it off, but apparently, he owned a pair of ripped jeans.

The craziest part, however, is that we are supposed to pick up Remy. Ayden set it up that way, promising Fi that we would pick her up, and it was onlylogicalto offer the same to Remy. With my heart beating like crazy, I wrote him a message, offering him a lift, just to receive a reply a minute later in which he thanked me… and agreed.

“We are way too early,” I tell Ayden.

“Exactly, that’s the plan.”

Joel sends one of our elite warriors, Colbin, to drive and also keep an eye on us in case of an emergency. I guess this is my new reality since he has become alpha.

“Your plan is to be too early?”