Chapter 21

I could barely hear anything around me; I felt so sick. I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I violently ripped my shoulder away.

"Don't fucking touch me, you monster." I whipped around and pushed him back with as much strength as I had. I don't know where this confidence came from, but it went away as fast as it came, as soon as I saw the rage in his eyes. My legs started to grow weak as he stalked towards me. His fist went back, and I flinched and closed my eyes, preparing for impact, but it never came. I opened my eyes to see his fist stopped right before my face by Lina. She looked at him with her eyes flickering in-between green and black. She pushed him back forcibly, causing him to fly a few feet away, with a painful grunt coming from his mouth. She started to stalk towards him, and I saw that her vampire side had completely taken over, so I grabbed her hand to keep her from making an even bigger scene than what there already was. She looked back at me, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit scared, but her green eyes came back, and she looked at me, confused.

"Let's just go, your vampire side keeps coming out, and everyone is staring at us." She started looking around and noticed the small crowd and nodded her head. She made her way over to my dad and bent down to where she picked him up by the collar of his shirt. I could tell her vampire side took over as my sperm donor gasped, and fear swam in his eyes.

"If you come near her, I won't hesitate to kill you, and no one will do anything." She seethed. I gulped, feeling her powerful aura come off of her in waves. She troughs him back to the ground, like the trash he was, then walked back over to me.

"Come on, let's get you home." I nodded my head and followed her.

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She made sure that I got home as fast as possible by picking me up bridal style and using her vampire speed to get us there within minutes. Once there, she made sure that he was nowhere near me. Once down, she looked at me.

"Are you okay to be by yourself?" I nodded my head hesitantly.

"Since you checked to make sure he wasn't near and definitely wasn't able to follow us, I feel safer, plus Emma will be home soon. I'm actually about to call her and see if she can get here earlier. Thank you so much. I don't know what I would have done if you weren't there." She waved me off.

"Don't worry. I've always got your back. I'm going to head out now. It's my turn to make dinner tonight. Bye, Mila." We hugged, and she was on her way. Once I shut the front door, I ran all around the house to make sure every door and window was locked. I tried to get a hold of Emma, but she didn't pick up. I went into my room and locked my door. I decided to take a hot shower to try and calm my nerves.

The hot water made its way from my head down my face mixing with my tears. I was trying to control my breathing, but it just wasn't working. I slid my down till I was sitting at the bottom of the shower in the tub, and I brought my legs into me and hugged them against my chest tightly. I broke down completely, now able to hold back my body wracking sobs.

Out of nowhere, I felt a cooler breeze and looked up and, through my blurry vision saw the outline of a person. I didn't freak out because I knew the presence belonged to Emma. I just brought my head back down and silently cried. She got into the shower fully clothed and picked me up till I was facing her front. She just held me close, lovingly caressing my back and cooing sweet reassuring words in my ear as I sobbed into her shoulder.

Once the water became cold, she shut the water off and picked me up. She wrapped me up in a towel before stripping herself and wrapping herself in a towel. She then picked me up again and brought me into the room. She picked out comfy clothes for me to wear and dressed me. I could see the worry etched deeply across her face; I felt bad for making her this worried. After I was dressed, she moved me under the covers and tucked me in.

"I'll be right back Mio Amore, I promise." She then gave me a warm, tender kiss on my forehead before she got some clothes and retreated to the bathroom. Soon she was back and under the covers as she brought me into her chest while caressing my back once again. After a while, Emma finally broke the silence.

"What happened?" I moved to where I could bury my face into her neck.

"He found me, Em. He found me. He tried to punch me, but thank god Lina was there to stop him. I'm so scared." I sounded so fragile in this moment. I didn't recognize my voice whatsoever. Emma tightened her grip on me and brought me even closer. I hear her take a deep breath.

"I am so sorry I wasn't there and that I wasn't able to pick up your call and come here earlier. I'm such a horrible mate." I sniffled and shook my head. I propped myself up to where I could look into her eyes.

"You're not a horrible mate whatsoever. It's not your fault. You couldn't have known he'd show up." I could see that she was still beating herself up on the inside. I sighed and gave her nose a small kiss. She brought me down and put her face into the crook of my neck, taking in deep breaths. It was the same action Julian did to Chloe. Shit, the dinner.

"Emma, the dinner. We're late." She shook her head.

"I already called to tell them we wouldn't be in attendance. I'm not letting you leave. Also I accept the invitation for the double date, I want to thank Lina in person." I smiled at this and turned to my night stand to text her saying we were on for a double date whenever we are all free.

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Writer's POV:

"So you are the dad of Emma's mate?" He looked at this mysterious person confused and terrified.

"Who's Emma?" The person's temper flared up.

"Your daughter is Mila, no?" They snapped. He just hesitantly nodded.

"Yes, that's correct. What do you want?" The person gave an evil smile.

"I want to torture Mila and in return torture Emma. I need your help with that. You have a certain distaste for her and her mother, correct?" His demeanor completely changed at that point as he started to smirk.

"I want them both dead." The person shrugged.

"Fine by me, but I need them both alive for now. You'll have your chance soon enough, till then try and keep a low profile." He nodded his head and smirked evilly. His mood elevated as he pictured their lifeless bodies.