Tainted Forever (Tainted Knights 5)

The pitch of that name coming from her sounded strained, but I balled my hands into fists and focused on Kin. I would deal with my sister’s pain later. Right now, I needed to fix this with the woman I loved.

“Yes,” Kin told her, wrapping her arms around her middle. “Do you know her?”

“Kas?” Gray’s voice sounded tense, and I turned just in time for him to catch Kassa around the waist as she began to sway. “What’s wrong? Baby, talk to me!”

“Eden…” she whispered, her voice weak. “I haven’t heard that name in a long time. I almost forgot about her.” Her gaze clashed with mine. “What does Eden have to do with you and Kin?”

“Oh, nothing much,” Kin snapped. “Just that he’s been cheating on me with her. And they have a son together.”

“The fuck you say!” I roared in surprise, turning on her. “Is that what you think? That I would cheat on you and have a kid with someone else? You think I would disrespect you like that, Kin?”

“I think you’ve been disrespecting me for close to a year, and I’ve been stupid enough to put up with it.”

“Kin.” My sister brushed past me to get to Kin. She wrapped her arms around Kin’s waist, hugging her tight. “I don’t know what’s going on, but please believe me when I tell you Jace hasn’t been cheating on you with Eden.”

Tears spilled out of Kin’s eyes, gutting me. “I saw the Facebook messages, Kassa. Each of them saying they loved each other. Then there were those pictures.”

“You looked at my Facebook messages? You snooped on me?” Shut the fuck up, dumbass, I mentally told myself. Who cares that she snooped? I’ve given her plenty of reasons to do just that.

“Apparently, I should have done it a hell of a lot sooner!” she shouted, pulling out of my sister’s hug. “You forgot to log out the last time you used my laptop, and she was messaging you. It was right there. I didn’t go looking for anything until I saw the picture of your son.”

I groaned at my own idiocy. I never even should have used Kin’s computer to look at my Facebook. I didn’t have the app on my phone because fans would drive me fucking crazy if I did, so I limited my time on there by only using actual computers to post.

“Baby, he’s not mine, I swear to you.”

“Bullshit,” she snarled. “She said ‘our baby boy.’ Who else would she have been talking about?”

“Eden had a baby?” Kassa whispered.

“Kassa, sit down before you fall over,” Gray commanded. He guided her over to the couch then turned to face me. “Whatever is going on, you better start talking. Now. Kassa is upset, and I’m about to smash your face in.”

“Yes, Jace,” Kin sneered. “Start talking.”

I glanced around the room, my gaze landing first on my sister who was pale and shaken, then on Kin. She was pissed, and I knew it was going to take spilling everything in front of everyone there before I would get her to believe me. Fucking hell, I hadn’t wanted this to happen. It was why I’d kept Eden a secret for so long.

Now, I had no choice. It was either tell them all everything—or lose Kin.

“Eden had a baby,” I confirmed. “I didn’t know she’d given birth until you just mentioned it, Kin. She’s not due for another few weeks, so he must have come early.”

“He?” Kassa smiled sadly. “A son?”

I nodded, hating the sight of her tears. “Yes.”

“Who the hell is Eden?” Gray demanded.

“She’s our sister,” Kassa told him, her first tears falling. “Our half sister.”

Kin flinched, not expecting that answer. “Sister?” she breathed. I could see her realizing everything, probably coming up with all the right answers. But if I expected her to look relieved, I was mistaken.

Before my eyes, she seemed to deflate, and that scared me more than anything.

“Yes, baby. Eden is my sister, not someone I was cheating on you with.” I moved toward her, but she jerked back and I stopped, my gut twisting. Now that she knew, why wasn’t she letting me hold her, damn it? “I would never cheat on you, Kin. I fucking love you.”

“Why would you hide her from me if she’s your sister?” Her voice was barely above a whisper. “If you weren’t sneaking around behind my back, why wouldn’t you just tell me?”

“Because of Kas,” I told her honestly. “I didn’t want to hurt Kassa.”

“What does hurting her have to do with you keeping this from me?” She was pacing now, even angrier than she was when I’d first arrived.