Be gentle

I hurried over to where he was and before I could reach him, he turned around and our gaze locked.

I stopped walking and folded my arms.

"Why did you call him here? Why did you tell him all that?" I asked perturbed and he gave a cunning smile.

"Why do you sound so pissed? I'm just telling him so he won't be worried about you. You know how much he cares about you." He was all smug and I didn't believe that that was his reason for speaking to Jared.

I walked around the room in a panic exit but suddenly i reached for my pockets.

"Where's my phone?" I queried stepping closer to him.

He smirked and tilted his head.

"I'll hand it to you after you have breakfast with me." He replied and I scoffed.

He is completely out of his mind.

I need to leave this place. Especially with Jared on the way. Things can't go down like this.

"You can have the stupid device for all I care! Once you're tired of holding it, you'll return it back to me." I bluntly shut at him before running out of the room.

I heard him walk casually after me and I cursed the stairs for being so long all the way to the bottom. I was acting like a crazy lady, with my breaths uneven and my heart beating fast like it'd leave my chest.

I got to the front door and tried opening it but it turned out to be locked. I raced to the kitchen expecting it to be open. Unfortunately, it was the same result. Locked doors.

I'm vulnerable now. Keiran could murder me in here without anyone knowing all because the doors were locked. But I'm sure my wolf won't let that happen.

He let out a sigh from behind me and I turned slowly to face him.

His parents aren't around. No one is nearby to save me from this psycho.

But I'm glad it's weekend because my parents only gave me permission to attend parties when I have no nowhere to go the next morning.

They were uptight but not so much because we were also carefree creatures. There is a certain form of freedom we need.

"I have to brush my teeth first." I muttered accepting defeat.

"Great. There's a fresh set of toothbrushes in the first visitors bathroom. The one with the brown door on your right." He directed no longer wearing the stupid happy face.

I was thinking of a way to escape without shifting into a werewolf and destroying something. If I do that, the humans that'll fix whatever has been destroyed might start to suspect and investigate.

We just have to lay low somehow.

He directed me to go to his bedroom and wash up but I didn't. I made my way to his bedroom where I spent a few rushed minutes looking around and trying to find clues of where he had been to for the past six months.

The country.

He must have left the country as I suspect.

I give up after scrambling over the place but there was one area I couldn't look into because it was locked; his closet.

After brushing my teeth, I washed my face before going back to the kitchen where Keiran was serving our plates. He can't cook.

Unless....he must have learned how to cook from wherever he went to.

I took a seat at the counter before my plate and he served me a glass of water while staring intently at me.

Creep.

He doesn't say anything as he stood in front of me operating his phone.

I ignore him and took just one bite from the food.

Jared would be here soon.

The thought haunts me. I was half way through the food when Keiran's loyal house keeper who is a werewolf entered from the huge pantry in the kitchen.

I stopped eating and stood up.

So, she is the one who cooked.

"Hi, miss Beverly." I acknowledged her and she quickly smiled at me.

"How are you, Umbrie?" She asked with concert that sounded so warm.

She's in her middle 30s and has been working here for a few years now.

"I'm fine, Please tell Keiran to let me go." I said and she glanced at the devil whom was still mindlessly tapping the screen of his phone.

The sound of the door bell ringing escalated in the air and the house keeper rushed off to see whom it was.

"My phone, Keiran. Let me have my phone. Stop acting this way towards me. I'm sick and tired of it. You are the person in the wrong here. You f**king messed up." I groused and he looked up at me.

"You kissed that guy last night. Is that your revenge for the abuse we both went through?" He asked the corner of both of his eyes turning red all of a sudden.

He hasn't forgotten. Hell. He didn't forget at all.

He didn't just overlook it, he bore it in mind.

"I like Scott." I replied wordlessly.

There was loud thuds of footsteps coming from behind and I turned to see Jared storming in with visible rage in his eyes.

"And you came really quick. I am disappointed, Jared." Keiran said going round and coming close to us. Jared stands few feet away from me and I can't even look at him in the eyes.

"Shut up, crack head." He hissed at Keiran before turning to me. "Let's go, Umbrie."

He grabbed my wrist roughly and yanked me close to him. I winced at the sharp effect of his grip.

Keiran rushed over to him in split second and wrapped his hand around his throat thereby shutting out his air supply. Everything was happening so fast. Jared's grip suddenly loosened against my wrist.

"Keiran!" I called out when I realized he was strangling Jared and Jared was fighting for his life.

I tried touching him but he raised his hand preventing me from nearing him.

Keiran took a quick pause and released Jared before saying; "Be gentle with her."