Page 13 of Protected Promise
I froze.
“Kaitlyn are you okay?” he asked again.
I slowly nodded, barely recognizing that he was speaking.
Mate? My true mate was here?
I’d made it through college without crossing paths with him. How was that even possible?
Mate!my wolf cried out again.
I was too shocked to even notice who had run into me.
I slowly turned around scanning the room. With these stupid masks I couldn’t tell who anyone was.
I was starting to panic. I had no idea what I should do. Should I follow him? Should I try to find him? Where would I even begin?
I was so nervous that I couldn’t even make my feet move. It was as if I were glued to the floor.
“Come on, Kait. Let’s go find you a drink.”
I didn’t protest as Kian put his arm around my waist and led me off the dance floor, but neither of us missed the low growl that rumbled out of me at his touch.
He immediately backed off.
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
“Fine,” I said on autopilot like some sort of robot. I was definitely not fine.
When we walked over to the bar, there were a lot of people crowded around. I turned back to the dance floor, trying desperately to determine who had just bumped into me, but it was nearly impossible.
“Kaitlyn?” Damon asked.
I slowly turned. He was the last person I wanted to see just then.
“Hey, D,” I said trying to sound calm when I was anything but.
“You brought the panther for a date, not Lachlan?”
I looked around and easily spotted Lachlan hugging the wall with a group of ladies surrounding him.
“Doesn’t look like he’s hurting for a date,” I noted.
Damon started laughing. “Yeah, you’re right about that. If you didn’t use him as your plus one all the time, his time here could have been very different.”
I rolled my eyes. “He’s never had trouble finding a date. Most often than not, he used me to escape this exact scenario, not the other way around.”
It was true. Lachlan never minded the attention as long as it was on his terms. Watching him from across the room I suddenly felt guilty for bringing Kian. I knew he wasn’t enjoying himself or that sort of attention.
My wolf growled in my head causing me to jump.
Mate, she reminded me.
Lachlan?
She growled again.
No, I knew in my heart it couldn’t possibly be him. Besides he was wearing a feathered mask and my mystery mate I thought was wearing a jeweled one.
