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Hiding From My Mate Chapter 70
The morning dragged on as the locals seemed to fill the diner in shifts. The five in the morning early birds were done with their breakfast by seven, then came the ones who worked locally who emptied out by nine and then the late sleepers who were mostly the older and younger age groups who had nothing else to do on a cold winter morning than to sit around in a warm establishment that also served hot tea and coffee for free. They were around and I would leave them there after my shift ended at twelve. The conversations were always the same- the weather, their kids and grandkids, their school holiday jobs how much they hated their bosses and my least favorite topic, the new people in town.I was still the small town gossip as people wondered where I came from and who I was and how amazingly strange it was that no one had gotten the low down on me yet. A family who had moved in the same time I had were already a topic exhausted as the town had all their information, down to the
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“Are you okay?” Tory asked me when I stepped into the apartment.I gave her a quick smile and nod as I blinked my tears away, “I’m fine,” I whispered, “Thanks for looking after the twins.”She shrugged her shoulder as she got up from the carpet, “No biggie, they were asleep the whole time.” She skipped past me and out the door.I closed the door behind her and stood there for a second before I went to my kids. They were really asleep. I took off my jeans, sweater and my shoes and put on my sweats. My life had been confined to the insides of these four walls. I didn’t bother to go out or socialize; those weren’t the reasons I was here. My day consisted of mixing baby formula, blending fruits and watching my children and also trying not to agonize over Ash.My phone rang again and I felt my heart stopped. I walked slowly to my bed where it sat, wondering if this was the time I would answer hi
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“Did you spend your night crying?” Ben’s familiar voice rang in my ears. Today I wasn’t in any mood to be joked around with. Yesterday’s conversation with my family had placed a heavier load on me. I felt like I was walking around with my own personal dark cloud. “Please, not today.” I said, arranging the sugar shakers on the counter. “I’m not trying to offend you, I’m just trying to make a new friend,” he followed me as I moved down the counter. “Who doesn’t part time as the town’s verbal tabloids.” “I don’t want friends,” I moved to the floor with sugar shakers in my hands, “and by the way, we aren’t opened yet.” He picked up five more shakers and followed behind me, “I know that. I work here.” I stopped and turned to him infuriated, “You what?” I didn’t mean to shout but it just came out. “Please don’t open a bottle of champagne on my account,” he said sarcastically walking past me. He placed the shakers on the tables before
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The loud knocking on my door pulled my dwindling attention from the nature book I was reading. I walked to the door, glad for the interruption in my very silent afternoon. “Who is it?” I called out before I unlocked the door.“It’s Ben.” His voice sailed loudly through the thick door.I flinched, what was he doing here? “Didn’t we just see each other, like ten minutes ago?”“How sweet, you missed me. I thought we’d go sightseeing.”I stared at the closed door tensed for a few seconds before I opened it. I was greeted with a warm smile and excited big blue eyes. I smiled politely back at him, “It’s freezing cold outside and I highly doubt there is anything to see in this town.”“You can’t be serious?” He said walking past me and into my tiny room. I felt a little apprehensive. This was the first time he was in my room, and near my children. &l
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“Hey you’re late!” Ben said to me when I rushed into the diner.“Sorry, I slept late last night,” I took the tray he handed me and walked to the table he pointed out.“The kids keep you up?” He asked serving the next table.“No, actually,” I started feeling a little shy. I didn’t want him to read into the gesture but I was a little proud of myself for the work I did. “I was up doing something for you.”He looked at me confused, “For me? Should I be worried? I haven’t written my will yet.”He walked back and I followed behind. “Don’t be silly. I said for you not against you. It’s something I hope you like.”He busied himself on the counter as he served coffee to all the mugs held out. “You are going to have to talk fast. If you haven’t noticed, everyone seems to be up early today.”I looked around the dine
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The loud banging on my door in the middle of the night made me jump and the sound of the twins crying seared fear so deep inside me I could hardly breathe. I jumped out of bed and stood next to the bed, regretting why I didn’t carry my gun.“Lee, open the door! Wake up we need to leave!” Ben’s alarmed voice came from the other side of the door.“What’s going on?” I yelled back searching the room for some kind of weapon. I didn’t run from my home, away from werewolves who wanted a taste of my blood to come here and get killed by a human being. That was not happening!“I’m coming in,” Ben announced before the doorknob fell to the floor after a loud snap. “We need to leave,” he demanded picking up my bag. His voice was stern and steady but I could still hear the urgency in it.“Would you tell me what the hell is going on?” I demanded stopping him as he matched out of my
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We pulled into a very well-lit street, with really high apartment blocks. There were a number of kids my age dancing to very loud music that drowned out as we drove past them. I stared after them, wondering if I would have had that life if I had made a different decision that first night I met Ash.My life wasn’t one huge party then but it wasn’t bad either. I went clubbing like any other teenager, I tempted life and fate a few times too when I participated in extreme stuff. The shooting range was my third home after Luke’s diner and I raced cars and bikes with the best of them. Sure I wasn’t jumping out of planes but I believe being chased by a bloodthirsty vengeful wolf trumps that.My sisters and I loved the adrenaline high; it was our way of running from our pasts. Probably why we dated wolves, one wrong move with them.... and we became a lot number in a cemetery.“Damn it!” Ben cursed next to me as he brought the car to a
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“You are Meri,” Maria said, kissing her ivory hand and then she walked up to me and took my son’s hand and kissed it, “And you are AJ, Ashat-Junior.”I shook my head, “I don’t think so.” My disapproval was met with dark slit eyes from Maria.“Why Meri?” Ben asked looking at me. I could tell from his rigid frame he was struggling to stay patient. I knew how it felt to be watched like a hawk, scared that any move I’d make would be misinterpreted as a challenge. I wished I could make him feel at ease but this was nothing compared to how defensive he would get when Ash came.“Lee’s full name is Merilee,” Maria explained stepping back to him her hands held under her chin. “I just took the first four letters. There is no reason for her not to be a junior too.”My eyes popped and I looked at Ann who had the same expression on her face but neither of us dar
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Then everything in the room changed. I felt sick to my stomach. I moved back and put a hand over my mouth. I was aware of everyone, even my twins felt different but more like Ben. I looked at them. For a moment their eyes looked different but I couldn’t be sure. I felt too sick to be sure of anything in that moment. Loud hisses filled the room and then I was standing far away, Ash’s arms around me. “Lee, what’s wrong?” That was Maria’s voice. I felt a hand on my cheek and I knew that was her too. It was human. “I don’t know.” I whispered. “She’ll be fine once this is over.” Ben called out. I looked at him. His eyes had changed. I turned to Joe, his eyes were gold and his grip on Maria was tight. She was tucked into him, her eyes shifting between Ann and me. I leaned my head back against Ash’s chest and bit my teeth together as the back of my neck burned. “Just take a deep breathe,” Ash whispered in my ear. I did as instructed, and with each breath the pain subsided to being be
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He pulled away and looked at me, holding my head back so that I looked into his pleading eyes. “I love you, only you. You know that so please don’t doubt my love for you or the twins.”I knew that, but Sabrina was standing in the living room disputing how much he truly loved me.I went to pull away but Ash pulled me back, trapping me in a long desperate kiss.And for the first time, I felt his heart beat in sync with mine. I felt his soul touch mine in a connection that was more than physical intimacy. Every single thing of him intertwined with every single thing of me. We were one and the same.And yet...“How much of an influence does my blood have on you?” I whispered breathlessly on his lips.“Like an energy drink would have on you. And yet it feels like I’ve just kissed the true you for the first time. You feel more a part of me than you ever did before. I don’t think I’ve wanted you
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“Aww!” I cried out at the sizzling pain in the back of my neck. It felt like burning larva as it slowly crawled down my neck to the mid of my back. I stayed very still until the pain faded away. What the hell was that?I blinked my eyes open and looked around. I was in my room. Alive, I think.I rose up slowly into a sitting position. When I didn’t topple over I stood up on my feet on the warm floor. I rocked for a second as the room tilted. Once I felt steady enough I walked to the bathroom and pulled open the folding mirror.There was a large tattoo on the back of my neck. How the hell did that get there?Before I could explore further, Ben’s urgent voice filled the room. “Lee, Lee!”“I’m here,” I announced walking out of the bathroom.I saw his face relax and then crease as his eyes filled with tears. He rushed to me, hugging me tight against him.I cradled him, “Hey, I&rs
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Five more werewolves shuffled into the room as Baku and Seth made their quick exit.I pulled out of his grip, “Not yet. Hold them off as long as you can.” I ran to Ash and sat next to him. I was close to sobbing when I saw his battered body. He had shrunk to my size.“Lee what are you doing!” Joe demanded.I turned to him, “What I have to.”He made to come near me but Ben stood in his way, “the fight is over there!” He bellowed.“Get out of my way!”“Joe, please,” I begged.“Joe I need you!” Billy yelled. There were five more of Baku’s men in the room. They stood in a circle around Billy and stalked towards him, tightening the circle with each step.“One minute Lee, not a second more!” Joe ordered rushing away.“Ben...”“One and a half... I know.” He answered without looking at me, wo
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It took a few more dodging before Ben put me down, a solemn look in his face, “He’s in here.”I walked in, a quiver in each step I took. It wasn’t the hostage room I expected. It was beautiful and could have easily been mistaken for a living room if there was furniture in it. There was only one royal-like chair against the wall sitting on what looked like a very expensive rug. It was probably where Baku sat as he watched his men torture Ash. I felt the rage inside me boil up as I rushed to that chair. All I wanted to do was rip it to shreds!“Lee!” Ben called out to me, his hands on my arms. He turned me slowly, “there he is.”I felt my legs give under me when I saw him. That chained, withered, bloody body on the ground could not be my Ash. He just couldn’t!Ben held me tight against him, “He’s not dead but I can’t let you go to him. We’ll have to wait for Billy and Joe.”
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I pulled off my coat and sat on it. Five more minutes on the cold floor and I wouldn’t be able to feel my ass again.The chains jingled when Ben tagged on them, “maybe this wasn’t a good idea after all.”He was on the other side of the cold dark steel room. Just like me, he’d been chained to the wall but he had six chains on him; one around his neck, one around his waist and the rest on his hands and legs. I only had one, around my wrist. It made sense, how could a little human break a chain used to weigh down anchors!“Can you tell if Ash is here?”He nodded, “I caught his scent when we boarded. He should have been here by now.”I felt relief flow through me, “Why?”He smiled, “Because you are here. Your scent should lead him right to us.”“Why.... do think he isn’t okay?” I stammered under a whisper.“He could be weak and cha
