-MILA-"Lobo?!" I knelt down beside him, "God. Lobo, I really need you to get up right now." I shook him but he was still unconscious.Getting to my feet I took hold of his wrists and dragged him over to the grassy sidewalk."Lobo?" I was still getting no response, so I dragged him a few steps before stopping to catch my breath.I smacked him on the chest with an open hand, but there was still no sign of him waking up."Fucking wake up!" I shouted before dragging him for a few more steps. "Are you kidding me?!" I screamed, looking up towards the sky as raindrops began to fall down on me."I just can't get a break, can I?"Leaning down I grasped his wrists again and dragged him three steps before my sneaker slipped on the wet and muddy grass sending me down onto my back.Angrily, I punched the ground. After a slew of swearing, I got back to my feet, but I was still angry so I kicked the ground in a fit of rage too. Not that it was helping anything."Okay, get yourself together, Mila,
-MILA-"Lowell knows? Why was he hiding it from me if he knew I wasn't his mate?" I couldn't understand why Lowell would do something like that if he didn't want to be with me.Lobo sighed, "He was trying to protect you."I frowned, "From you?"Suddenly his face changed, and I could tell his mood had darkened, "Yeah. When he introduced us, he could tell by the look in my eyes that you were my mate. He took me aside and told me what type of person you are. He said you were kind and sweet. That you were too soft," he scoffed, "He reminded me that I'm a piece of shit and that you deserved better. He swore to me that he would give you a good life and no matter what, he would never desert you," he looked away and I could tell that he was having a hard time telling me this, "At first, I refused to go along with it. I wanted you. I felt I had to have you. But then I saw how you smiled at him and I realized that he was right. I had no business forcing you into my life," he shook his head sadl
-MILA-After Selene had left, Lobo seemed to avoid me as much as possible. Not that I could blame him considering the bombshell he had dropped.It was getting dark by the time I went outside to call Lowell.I needed to hear his side of the story.I half expected for him to ignore my call, but he answered it."Hey, Mila. How are you?""I'm fine. But I need to speak to you about something important.""What is it?""Lobo... He told me the truth about me being his mate. And he also told me that it was your idea not to tell me.""Mila, I would much rather have this conversation in person.""I just need to know if it's true. Why would you hide this from me?""Mila, I had a lot of good reasons. Again, I would rather we have this conversation in person and not over the phone. Can you come to see me tomorrow?""I guess. I need answers." "I know. Come see me and we'll talk. I will tell you everything.""Thank you." I hung up and went back inside, Lobo was standing in the hallway staring at me.
-MILA-I was thinking about the look Lowell had given me. There was something off about it.Something threatening."Lobo, do you think Lowell is dangerous?" I asked suddenly.He frowned, almost as if he was thinking about the possibility for the first time, "I don't know. I suppose anyone could become dangerous under the correct circumstances.""The way he looked at me was weird. It gives me the creeps.""You don't have anything to worry about," he leaned over to kiss my cheek, "I will never let anything happen to you.""I know. It's just weird, up until a few days ago I would have trusted him with my life. But now, I'm not so sure,""I get that. But I don't think Lowell would do anything to hurt you. He cares about you, that's the whole reason he wanted to keep us apart.""I guess. I just have a weird feeling about all of this." He put an arm around my shoulders, "Everything you thought you knew turned out to be a lie. It's going to take some time to process everything."I leaned ag
-MILA-Selene was waiting outside the Packhouse for us when we arrived, and she seemed a little too excited to be joining us if the shriek was anything to go on."Can she tone it down?" Lobo whispered in my ear as we walked in.I shot him an amused look, "Be nice."He put a hand on the small of my back as he guided me through the unknown people."Are these all werewolves?""Yes. Remember, don't wander off.""Relax, I remember," I turned to Selene, but she was staring at one of the wolves, "Selene, behave."Lobo caught her line of sight, "That's Merrick. The Alpha.""He's hot," Selene commented."Selene," I warned."Come on." We followed Lobo over to Merrick."Merrick, this is Mila and Selene."Merrick barely acknowledged me, his eyes on Selene, "It's lovely to meet you."Selene seemed a bit smitten as she grinned at him.Lobo cleared his throat, "You had something to speak to me about?"Merrick turned to him, but then turned back to me with a frown, "Mila," he turned back to Lobo, "Y
-MILA-"See, the way you so casually admit to killing people, that isn't a good thing, Lobo.""Well, you asked and I'm not going to lie to you.""But my point is, you admit to killing. But when I ask if you have something to do with these murders, you get offended."Lobo sighed, "That's because I've already told you I have nothing to do with it. I have no reason to lie to you. I don't go around killing random people for no reason."I sat down on the sand, "Why do they think it's you?""I don't know. I guess that the killer knows I'm looking into him and now he's trying to frame me to get rid of me."I nodded, "Okay, that would make sense. I'm sorry for doubting you.""No need to apologize," he sat down beside me, staring out at the ocean, "This is a mess. As you pointed out before, you don't know much about me. I can't expect you to blindly trust me."I leaned my head on his shoulder, "We do have a long way to go. It's going to be a lot of work. But we can do this."He turned, frownin
-MILA-I gasped as my head bobbed above the water, desperate to get air into my burning lungs.A wave crashed over me, pushing me back under the water and my body was pulled along with the dark water.I fought to get above the water and attempt to catch my breath, gasping and spluttering while I looked around. I was a few yards out from the shore, I could see Lobo fighting with both wolves.I started to swim toward the shore but the wolf who had knocked me into the water caught sight of me and dived into the water."Shit." My lungs were still burning and I had nowhere to hide out here.I had no choice but to continue swimming going straight towards the large wolf.I screamed at it in rage, water seeping into my mouth.The wolf easily pushed me under again. I struggled under the wolf's weight as I tried to hold my breath.Between my struggling, I opened my mouth, and water gushed in. My lungs burnt as if there was a fire within them.I grasped the fur of the wolf as I attempted to pul
-MILA-I sat in my car while calling Lobo.He answered immediately, "Lala?""Firstly, how is the strip club?""I'm busy with investigating, relax.""I am relaxed," I smiled to myself, "Lowell asked to see me. He's having you followed, Lobo."I could hear the music in the background drowning out, "What? He's having me followed?""Yes. He showed me footage of you in the club, that's how I knew about it.""Why?""He claims that you're a suspect in the killings."Lobo sighed, "He's pissed that we're together and this is his way of trying to get back at me."I frowned, "We are?""What?""You said that we're together.""Well, aren't we?"'I don't know, Lobo," I sighed, "But that isn't the point of this conversation. I called to warn you about Lowell.""Where are you?""Outside the station.""Meet me? I'll send you the address.""Okay." I hung up and started the car. Lobo texted me the address and I started toward it.As I drove, I noticed something different about the streets. The doors and