Bruce left the cave as soon as the darkness covered the earth, he was eager to meet with his mate not under the need to tell her of his identity but to continue to convince her to help him get back his honor. All Bruce wanted was to get her to feed him with enough information to help him prove himself innocent and avenge his father's death.
As he walked through the paths in the woods leading to the Lycan Castle, his wolf kept on struggling with him to tell Elena that they were fated to each other.
"No! At least not now. You saw the way she looked at me, even the way she spoke to me, she clearly detests me for some reason. I cant let her know, at least not now. " Bruce said aloud to his wolf who kept on demanding that he told Elena that they were fated to each other.