Maximus:
"Maximus," Norman snapped his fingers before my face to add again, "it was Helanie that night. She was out with Jenny to save Lucy when you were there. And that's when you felt the mate bond with her. You even dragged her with you for a while before her friends secured her from you."
His words were falling upon my ears like daggers. I didn't want to believe I had been fooled for this long.
"I don't know why you thought it was Charlotte, though," Norman muttered.
I turned to Emmet first, who looked like he had just been informed about an earthquake that would destroy the world. Then, I looked over at Kaye, who didn't seem pleased with the news either.
Helanie was the last one I looked at because I couldn't meet her eyes anymore. The fact that she knew she was my mate but didn't say it, and let her evil cousin exploit me, froze me in place.
