Chapter 40: _Trauma Bonding
"I’m sorry, his parents died how?" I asked Marcellus after he casually dumped info on Kaelos’ past.
He’d been walking forward until he realized that I paused in my tracks, forcing him to glance back at me with an arched eyebrow.
"That’s not my place to say even if I knew how, Dessa." He muttered, a somber expression on his face. "It’s one of the mysteries of this pack. Scratch that, of the entire continent. His mother was cursed with a strange illness earlier in his childhood but then his father..."
He paused, his eyes seeming tense.
That tension easily got to me, causing me to subconsciously gulp. Just how many mysteries did this forsaken pack hold?
"So, is his parents’ death the cause of his being a dick? Is that what you’re telling me?" I couldn’t help but ask, scoffing to myself with a bitter smile. "That’s no excuse."
Marcellus tilted his head, dimming his eyes at me but I tried avoiding his gaze and proceeded to keep walking.
However, just when I walked past him, he grabbed my shoulder, forcing me to turn around and look at him.
"Why would you say that?" He asked, seeming genuinely curious.
There was a hint of concern in his voice, softening my mind and causing me to sigh as my shoulders relaxed.
I’ve never told anyone in this pack this... Heck, I rarely tell people back in my coven since most of them already know.