CHAPTER TEN

I hear the door open as Charlotte walks inside her guestroom. When I ran away from the house, I thought about crying outside, but I could not bear the shame I would feel if someone saw me crying so I ran to Charlotte ’s house. She sets the tray in her hand on the bedside table and takes a seat on the bed beside my lying figure. I don’t think I have moved from this position since I lay down here, crying. I only stopped because my body did not have more tears to give out.

“How are you feeling?” She asks concerned.

“Better and thank you”

“That’s good and why are you thanking me?”

“It’s been hours since I arrived at your door with a tear stained face, and you have not asked me why. Thank you for not trying to push me to tell you what was wrong and for allowing me to cry my heart out in your guestroom” I arrived her house around noon and if my guess is right it should be dark outside now. I can’t really tell because the blinds are down

“Sometimes it’s better to let people come to you with their problems than you forcing them to tell you, even if you want to know what’s wrong so you can help”

“Yeah, and I hope you don’t mind, but I would like to spend the night. I don’t think I want to see or smell Theo for a while” The whole house has his scent and even if I don’t see him, I would still smell his scent as I move around the house.

“Yes of course, you are welcome to stay as long as you like”

“Thank you”

“You’re welcome and let me get you some clean clothes. I will be back shortly” Charlotte says, and walks out

I sit up to pick up the glass of water from the tray Charlotte brought and I hear voices outside the door.

“Has she stopped crying?” Dan whispers to Charlotte , but I can still hear.

“Yes she has” Charlotte replies

“That’s good and what time will she be leaving. Alpha would be leaving his office soon and I am sure it would be best she goes home before him”

“She is staying the night”

“She is what” Dan whisper yells

“She asked if she could stay the night and I said yes”

“Why would you say yes?”

“Because she needs sometime away from the Alpha”

“I know that, but you also know how possessive the Alpha is, if he goes home and does not see her. He would eat me and you alive”

“I know how possessive he is and that’s why she needs as much time away from him”

“Hmmm, I don’t know what to do”

“You don’t have to do anything, just support me against the Alpha when the time comes”

“Of course I will support you even though he can kill us both in a blink of an eye. I will always stand by your side”

“I know and that’s why I love you”

“I love you too” Dan says and I think kisses her. I hear both of them taking air after a few seconds. I wish I didn’t have to put them through such troubles but right now I don’t want to be anywhere near Theo.

Charlotte comes back a few minutes later with new clothes and a towel set.

“Sorry,” I say, to her as she places the things on her hand on the bed.

“For what”

“Sorry for putting you and Dan in a difficult situation with Theo because you guys are allowing me to stay the night”

“You heard us” Charlotte asks, surprised

“Yes I did”

“Don’t worry about it, you can stay with us as long as you like” Charlotte says, with a soft smile

“Thank you” I say, and return the smile.

An hour later or so, I am done taking a shower, eating and I am about to go to bed when I smell him. I can feel his emotions the closer he gets. I can feel his emotions if he is close by even though he has not marked me. I sit at the edge of the bed and wait for him to arrive. I know he is on his way to get me and I don’t even have the energy to fight him to allow me spend a night away from the house.

I don’t wait for long before he arrives and breaks the door of the guestroom while opening it. He is fuming with anger and with him in front of me, I can feel his anger and he is pissed off as hell. I ask myself why belittle me and then be so possessive over me. It’s like he is confused about how to express his feelings to me.

I spread my hands wide and wait for him to carry me. Since he wants me to come with him he might as well carry me. I am in no mood to walk right now. He bends down and I wrap my arms around his neck. He stands straight and I wrap my legs around his waist. He walks out of the room with my head buried in his neck.

He takes the stairs downstairs and leaves Charlotte and Dan’s house. As we walk to our house. I can’t help and take in his amazing scent. How I wish things were different between us. I am sure if anyone saw us now they would be awed about how romantic we look. If only they knew I felt like a prisoner to my mate and I had no say in anything related to my life anymore.

The following morning, I walk downstairs to have breakfast when someone’s scent I have not smelled in a month passes through my nose. I quickly run down the stairs to confirm if my nose is working well. I walk into the living room, and my nose is working well. I can’t believe she is here, but why is she here?

“Chloe!” I shout, surprised to see her here.

“Ana!” She shouts back and runs towards me, and pulls me into a hug. I hug my best friend and hold tight because I don’t want to ever let her go. I feel like if I let her go, she will disappear.

“I am so happy you are here, but why are you here?”

“I am here because…….” Chloe says but suddenly stops.

I see the colour of her eyes flickering between green and golden. Her wolf is trying to take control but why. She suddenly starts sniffing the house and walks towards the guest room at the end of the hall. Oh my God, I can’t believe this is happening to my best friend. I know how much Chloe has always wanted to meet her mate, but I wonder who is staying in the guest room. Once she reaches the door of the guest room, I can’t help myself and hold my breath while I pray whoever is behind that door is someone who is going to treat my best friend well. The person inside beats Chloe to turn the doorknob, and I don’t know if I should cry or smile for my best friend once I see who is behind the door.

“Mate,” Chloe and Liam say at the same time.

I don’t know if I should be happy because Liam is Theodore ’s brother, and we all know what a great mate Theodore is, I tell myself with sarcasm. But on the other hand, Liam is nothing like his brother. The past few days that I have been around him, I can say at least he is a different person from his brother.

“Chloe, this is Liam, my mate’s brother,” I say, introducing him

“Hello,” Chloe says, smiling

“Hi, beautiful,” Liam says, pulling her into his arms. I can already see these two completing the mating process in the next minute. For a little second, I feel sad that I didn’t get such a reaction from my mate, but I push the thought away.

“As much as I would like to give you guys space to get to know each other. I have to steal Chloe away,” I say, pulling her out of his arms.

“Why,” Liam says, growling towards me.

“It’s ok; I will be back soon. I need to tell Ana something important,” Chloe says, placing her hand on Liam’s shoulder to calm him down. He looks like he wants to rip my head off for wanting to take Chloe away.

“Ok, be quick. There is so much we need to do and catch up on,” He says, smirking. He instantly cooled down the second Chloe touched him.

I don’t think I have ever touched Theodore . I can’t help the tiny tears that fill my eyes, seeing how amazing they are with each other. I quickly draw them back in before any of them see it. Chloe and I walk back to the living room to talk.

“What brings you here?” I ask the minute we take our seats in the living room.

“Your mom, something has happened to her?”

“What’s wrong with my mom? Is she sick? I spoke to her a few days ago, and everything seemed fine,” I ask, panicking.

“She is not sick, but she has gone missing.”

“I don’t understand; I spoke to her a few days ago” I don’t want to believe what Chloe is telling me.

“I’m sure you did, but when I went over last night to see how she was doing without you around, she was not in. We have not been able to find her all night. I quickly came here to find out if she came here without informing our Alpha, but your mate said no. We believe she has been kidnapped.”

“I don’t under-stand what ………….” I don’t know why, but I suddenly find it hard to speak. I feel my heart rate increase by ten folds. I feel like everything around is spinning and closing in on me. I close and open my eyes and focus my attention on one object to stop the spinning, but it does not work.

“It’s a lie!” I say repeatedly. I hear Chloe’s voice, but it feels like she is far away from me, and I don’t know why.

“Ana, what’s wrong? Are you ok” Chloe asks, with her face in front of me, but I don’t even know if she is real because, at this point, I can see two of her. I start feeling dizzy, and before the darkness hugs me, the most amazing scent drifts through my nose, and I know he is here.

“What the hell happened to her,” Theodore says, shouting while bursting into the house, wondering what happened to his mate.