SECRETS

**TRIGGER WARNING**

**Flashback**

Gaia looked over at Julien in his cell, fear written all over their faces, “He has to be lying.”

Julien turned to her, “Gaia- “

“He MUST be. We would’ve known if you were a werewolf. Even if we took into consideration that magic was keeping your wolf bound, your scent is not that of any supernatural. No trace of anything other than a human.”, Gaia’s hands dug into her scalp as she tugged on her hair in distress. Her mind raced with countless possibilities of how something like this was possible.

How is this possible? How did we miss this? How does William of all people know this? Was this his doing? He has to-

Julien reached through the bars separating his cell from Gaia’s. He carefully removed her hands from her hair that she was close to ripping out as panic surged through their bond. Rubbing it in small circles, he used his free hand to rub her cheek, “Look at me love.”