Blane immediately looked guilty. I figured he had tried to distract me with kissing me earlier when I was questioning him, now I knew for sure. What was he not telling me? Didn’t being mates mean we could not keep secrets from each other? Isn’t there some sort of rule or mate code for that? I grabbed his face more firmly than I intended to, “Blane… what are you not telling me? I can tell you know something, is it about my mom? When I said I could not be a witch because my mom was human, you kissed me. Not that I am complaining. but I know you know something…. tell me.” My eyes were pleadingly searching his, I had to know the truth. Blane sighed and took my hands in his. He kissed my palm before looking up at me again. “The truth is I do not know anything, nothing for sure anyway. M