My Cheating Mate (Emma and Jeremy) novel Chapter 207

Chapter 207

I shifted back to human form, wincing at the silver burn across my shoulder. “You attacked my mate with a knife meant to kill. There’s no version of that where you were just trying to show me anything‘

“Your mate?” Her voice cracked, “Conner, she’s not we were together you were choosing me

“No.” The word came out clear/Certain. “Courtney, I was never choosing you. I was avoiding choosing Grace because I was scared of being brave enough. But you just ” I looked at the silver knife on the ground. “You just made the choice very simple.”

“Connor-”

“You tried to kill Grace.” I moved back toward my mate, ignoring the pain in my shoulder. “The sfe–wolf the Moon Goddess gave me. My fated mate. You tried to kill her because you couldn’t accept that I was choostag her.”

“Was choosing?” Grace’s voice was quiet. “Connor, are you-

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“I’m choosing you.” I looked at her, at my mate who’d spent two hours talking to me despite having every reason to reject the bond immediately. “Grace, I’m choosing you. The mate bond. Whatever complicated comes with it. I’m–I’m sorry it took me so long. Sorry I needed you to almost be killed to realize what should have been obvious from the moment I recognized the bond.”

“Connor-” Courtney’s voice was breaking now. “Please. We had something real. Don’t throw that away for-”

“For my mate? For the she–wolf I’m supposed to be with?” I shook my head. “Courtney, what we had was based on me being someone I’m not. Being simple when I’m not simple. Being comfortable when comfortable isn’t what I need. Grace is “1 looked at my mate. “Grace is real. Authentic. Everything I didn’t know I needed until the Moon Goddess forced me to actually see

her.”

Lord Castellan moved forward, his presence making Courtney stumble back further. “Miss Vex, you have ten seconds to leave Trent property before I call the Council and report an attempted murder of the Alpha heir. I suggest you use them wisely.”

“My father–my father will-” Courtney started.

“Your father will have to answer for why his daughter attempted to murder Grace Trent with a silver weapon.” Alpha Jeremy’s voice was ice. “I’d suggest you leave. Now. Before this becomes a formal incident that requires Council involvement.” Courtney looked at me one last time. Desperate. Pleading. “Connor, please. Tell them I didn’t mean it. Tell them—”

“Leave, Courtney.” My voice was flat. “You tried to kill my mate. There’s nothing else to say.”

She ran. Shifted mid–stride and disappeared into the woods as a blonde wolf.

The garden was quiet except for my heavy breathing and the pain radiating from my shoulder.

Grace moved to me carefully. “Connor, you’re hurt. The silver-”

“I’m fine.” I wasn’t fine. Silver wounds hurt like hell and took forever to heal. But I was alive. And so was Grace. “Grace, I’m sorry. For everything. For making you wait, for not choosing you immediately, for–for Courtney attacking you because of my bad choices-”

“That’s not your fault-”

“It is though. If I’d chosen you this morning. If I’d acknowledged the bond immediately instead of spending nineteen hours being an idiot. If I’d-“I stopped. “Grace, I don’t deserve you. I know that. But I’m asking–I’m asking if you’ll give me a chance anyway. To be your mate. To be brave enough to stand beside you. To choose you every day even when it’s complicated.”

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