Ice Queen

{ Liam }

What the fuck just happened?

Like, seriously. I stopped doing drugs two months ago, I should not be hallucinating or imagining things anymore.

I follow my friends to sit back down at our table, but my mind is somewhere else because my whole world has been flipped upside down and, all of a sudden, I'm in love with a woman.

I don't even remember her fucking name, but she's so damn gorgeous and imposing I still can’t believe the shit my wolf is telling me: she belongs to us. She's ours. Fated mate. Mine forever.

Thirty seconds ago I didn't even believe in the existence of fated mates and now I have one?... but she's also still sitting with Theo, so is she really my fated mate?

This shit is extremely confusing.

She didn't show any kind of emotion, she just looked at me intensely for a couple of seconds and then her face went cold.

Cold as fucking ice.

Is she just an Ice Queen and a pro at hiding her emotions or am I hallucinating the whole thing and she’s not really my mate? I need to know so I can decide how to proceed.

"I'm going to the little boys' room," I say, the guys roll their eyes and continue the conversation as I get up and head to the bathrooms. Luckily, Ice Queen is following me with her blue eyes, so when I’m out of sight to everyone but her I raise my hand and summon her to come to me.

I need answers and she’s the only one who has them.

Ice Queen frowns and looks back to Theo with the sweetest, fakest smile ever, but I wait. Ten seconds later, she looks back at me, so I summon her once more.

She takes an annoyed deep breath before saying something to Theo and getting up. I look her up and down as she walks towards me and I swear to God, my body starts to overheat. I’m going into overdrive. My palms are sweating and I don't know what to do except look at her.

She's wearing a long flowy skirt and a modest blouse, but I somehow know that’s not her style. Or if it is, she should change it up because it doesn’t fit her.

"What the hell happened between us out th-?" Before I can even finish, Ice Queen puts her hand around my neck and pushes me against the wall to shut me up.

I wasn't expecting that at all, so I crash against the wall like an idiot, just staring at her in shock. She's not very short, but she's still shorter than me. And up close her eyes look even bluer, if that's possible.

"Shut up. Follow me," she spits out and lets go of my neck before approaching the women's bathroom. She looks inside for a second and beckons me inside. I follow her into an empty stall.

"Isn't it a little early to fuck in a bathroom? I'm not an easy guy," I joke, trying to be funny... but she doesn't appreciate my humor. She gives me the coldest look ever. Okay, we have to get serious again, "Did you feel that shit out there? Is your wolf telling you the same thing mine is telling me? That we’re fated mates?”

"No," she quickly answers, but I just scoff because I know she's full of shit, "Okay, yes. But listen... it doesn't really matter."

"Huh?”

“It. Doesn’t. Matter,” she repeats, slower this time. She’s bitchy.

“What do you mean? Of course it does. This is basically THE most important thing for our entire species."

She closes her eyes in stress for a few seconds, giving me time to admire her beautiful, delicate face.

Her skin looks like porcelain, it’s extremely smooth and pale. She needs to go out and get some sun, but that doesn't change how gorgeous she is.

"Please, don't make a big deal out of this," she begs with a tiny voice and soft eyes that probably work on a lot of men because, damn, she’s pretty, "I have a good thing going with Theo and I don’t want to end it. I'm sorry it has to be this way, but... maybe we can come back to this in a couple of years?"

I laugh in disbelief and shake my head.

“Are you serious?” I ask, she nods as if she’s not being absolutely ridiculous, “Don't you understand how important this is? We're meant to be together for the greater good or something. We're in love... I mean, maybe not right now, but we will be."

"Yes, but…” she takes a deep breath, “Can’t we just put a pause on it and come back to it later? In about three years, give or take? I have a plan and you're not a part of it.”

"Well, change it,” I frown and cross my arms, “Make room for me."

"No. I'm sorry, but I can't," she insists, putting a hand on my chest as if she wants to push me away but then her eyes follow her hand and she gives me a slow look, "Although... If it's okay with you, we could... you know, check if having a bond makes sex better."

"What?" I ask, very offended even though all the blood in my body starts to travel down with that offering, "If you're willing to fuck me anyway, then just leave Theo and let’s fuck. Who the fuck cares about him? He's the most boring guy ever.”

"I don't care. I have to be with him," she says in a voice that leaves no room for refusals, then shrugs and takes her hand away, "So if you don't want to fuck, then we should pretend we don't care about each other, okay? I promise, in three years I'll give you a chance."

"But why three?" I ask in a whiny tone and realize that I'm letting some random girl decide my future for me. I bring my hands to my face, "What's even your name?"

"Isabella," she spits out, offended, “Don’t fucking forget it.”

"Right… well, Queen Isabella, this isn't your fucking kingdom. You don't get to decide shit," I growl, glaring at her. She continues to look unimpressed, "I'm your fated mate, I'm not going to let you boss me around. I'm not going to let you be in a relationship with my friend for three fucking years and just wait for you like a loser."

"Then don't wait for me. You're the one talking about how important this is, so I thought I'd be nice and give you a chance, but if you don't want to, then don't," she shrugs and tries to push me to get to the door. But I don't budge.

I'm not used to people not obeying me or acting as if they're superior to me. She doesn't know who I am, maybe that's why it's so easy for her to disregard me.

"Theo may be the future Alpha, but he's not the most powerful man in this pack," I let her know, "I'm the one who runs this pack, me and my father. We're probably richer than the Heidens. They’re in power just for the lame shit, we’re the ones handling what’s important."

"Good for you, but you’re still not the Alpha and you never will be,” She says with a shrug. That fucking stings, I have to look away to hide it, "My father is Aldo Mihdi, I own half this fucking pack too. I don't give a shit about money, I just want social status and he has all of it. I want to be his Luna. So... I'm sorry, I guess. It's a shame we're not compatible."

She pushes me again, but this time I do let her move me. I don’t want to keep humiliating myself for nothing, she’s obviously heartless.

How can she even say we’re not compatible, though? We're literally created to be together… but if she doesn’t give a shit, I won’t either.

I walk back to my table after a while, trying not to look at Isabella and Theo again.

Theo hasn't seriously dated anyone in years, so why now? And why her? It's so fucking annoying how he always gets everything, I can’t stand it. He must have some kind of pact with the devil.

"I have to go," I say when I realize my wolf is starting to lose his shit. I get up abruptly and walk out of the restaurant without waiting for a response from my friends.

I drive straight to the cabin and as soon as I get off the car, I let my wolf out so he can run and hunt for a few hours. He needs to deal with what just happened in a healthy way, without getting me in trouble as he likes to do.

I let him take control for as long as he wants, I only get back to myself when I hear my father yell my name several times. I follow his voice and when I find him, I shift back.

"Hey, boy, what's up?" he asks, sounding worried, "You've been in isolation for hours, what happened now?"

I roll my eyes.

My dad was a real piece of shit when I was younger. He was on drugs most of the time, he used to beat the fuck out of me, he made me start working for him on when I was twelve. He turned me into a murderer before I even had my first kiss and he damaged me in every way possible. He basically turned me into the shit show I am now… then my mother killed herself because she couldn't take it anymore and he just decided to change his ways.

For about ten years now, my dad has been the most annoying bitch ever. He's loving to the extreme, he cares way too much about me and he’s always making sure I don't kill myself. Not that I've tried... much.

Just a couple of times, nothing extreme.

"There's a whole new situation in my personal life," I start, but I know he won't leave me alone if I tell him what it's about, “I needed time to think."

"Okay, well... it's been five hours since you've been here, it’s past midnight. I think that's enough thinking," he says, "Come on, you need some clothes. And we should go home, maybe watch a movie?"

"I guess," I mumble, "Sure."

We go into the cabin to get me some clothes, but there’s someone here. It’s a young guy, he’s chained and beaten up.

"Who’s this?" I ask my father.

"Some kid who thought he could steal from us," he says and shakes his head in disappointment. He walks to the clothes box and pulls out some pants for me, "I'm going to leave him here overnight to teach him a lesson. Come back tomorrow morning. If he's alive, he's free to go."

"Lucky boy," I say. My father is rarely kind enough to let someone leave after they've been in the cabin, "Let’s go then, what movie are we watching?"

"It's a romantic one," he says as we walk to my car, I grunt, "Come on, you know those are my favorite."

"Alright," I say and force myself to stop thinking about Ice Queen.

Who cares about such a cold, uncaring woman anyway? I don't.

She sucks.