Ruthless Creatures by J.T. Geissinger

K A G E
I
Tell her and let her hate me for a while, until I
can make her understand. Until I find the right words to
explain how not telling her up to now hasn’t been lying, but
one of those secrets I said I had to keep to keep her safe.
have to tell her.
Except she’d know that’s bullshit. She’s too smart for that.
She can already read me too well.
This secret I keep not for her safety, but for selfish reasons.
Because I know if I told her I’ve known all along that her
missing fiancé didn’t take a tumble down a mountain like she
thinks he did, she’d hate me.
If I told her why I really came to town last September,
she’d never forgive me.
And if I told her what the consequences would be for her if
Max ever discovers I lied to him, she’d wish I were dead.
I should go before it comes to that.
I should leave and never visit this place again.
I should let her find a normal man and live a normal life
and keep watch over her at a distance.
But as she gazes up at me with those beautiful ocean eyes
filled with emotion, I know I won’t do any of those things.
Even if I did somehow find the strength to leave, I couldn’t
stay away. She’s already proven too powerful for me to resist.