Chapter 5

I opened my eyes slowly and sat up, I suddenly remembered yesterday peeled back my shirt, and stared at my shoulder. It was perfectly fine and with no trace that I had been stabbed there.

       

  “You are good as new” came Jake’s voice and I turned to see him in the doorway, looking handsome, his long dark hair fell to his forehead enhancing those roguish good looks of his. I scowled at him and he smiled.

         

“You stabbed me,” I said and he grinned as if he enjoyed the moment.

       

  “You asked dear,” he said with mock sweetness and I rolled my eyes.

         

 “And you still stabbed me,” I said and he grinned and grabbed my hairbrush and swung it like a sword.

         

 “I couldn’t miss that opportunity,” he said and plopped on the bed beside me.

           

“You’re a beast,” I said and he smiled. He extended a claw and grabbed my teddy and stabbed it in the heart.

           

 “Hey” I complained and he grinned and tossed me the teddy. I hid the teddy behind the bed and he chuckled.

         

  “What happened yesterday,” I asked and he stood and stared at himself in a nearby mirror and fiddled with his hair.

       

    “I stabbed you and you howled, I meant wolf-howl then you grew fangs and almost chewed my head off but you suddenly collapsed,” he said and I sighed.

         

 “Why do I still feel human?” I asked and he shrugged.

         

 “That trigger was for a short period, you really need to meet your soulmate,” he said and I stared at him curiously.

           

“How do I know my soulmate?” I asked and he looked away.

         

  “When you kiss the person, your wolf immediately recognizes him, and a bond is formed. You would feel it and he would too, " he explained and I tilted my head to the side.

           

“So I just go about kissing random dudes?” I said and Jake's lips twitched.

           

“If you want to,” he said and lay on the floor, he closed his eyes.

         

  “Do you love my brother?” he asked, catching me off guard and I nodded. His eyes filled with something that looked like jealousy for a moment then he closed them.

       

   “Go shower, We’ll try awakening your wolf today with another trigger,” he said and I nodded. I opened the door.

       

   “You can go. I have to change” I said and he smiled slowly.

       

   “You can’t force me” he muttered and I sighed.

           

“Please” I pleaded and he nodded and walked out of the room, I knew why I asked him to leave. I didn’t know why but I was starting to feel something for him, something I thought I only felt for John.

           

 How wrong I was.      

*********

            

 Jake and I sat in the grass after a gruesome session of training and I was extremely famished, he produced a pack of sandwiches and handed me one.

         

“I haven’t seen John in a while,” I said and Jake shrugged as he shoved a sandwich into his mouth,

       

  “He is away on alpha business,” he said and I stared at him.

         

“Why do you sound bitter?” I asked and he chose not to reply. Something was definitely up between him and John. Jake popped open a bottle of beer and drank. He offered me but I shook my head.

           

“Wimp,” he said, and for some reason that made me smile.

           

“Did you ever have a girlfriend?” I asked and he made a mock offended face.

           

“Girlfriend? How very insulting. I don’t do relationship stuff I just do what I want with the lady then we’re done” he said and I studied him.

           

“Hmmm,” I said, “Playboy,” I said and he grinned.

         

  “Definitely,” he said and brought out another sandwich and gave it to me and I stared at him in surprise. Why was he suddenly kind?

         

  “You are being nice,” I said and he narrowed his eyes.

         

 “So you prefer me, tearing heads huh? I see” Jake said with a cold smile and I shook my head frantically.

         

 “No, no. I am just surprised that’s all” I said and he suddenly looked serious.

         

  “You just bring out the best in me, I don’t know why” his eyes roamed my face then my lips then back to my eyes and he looked away.

           

“Eat up, you still have five more laps to run,” he said and I groaned. Couldn’t he just be perfectly nice for one day?

         

 “Fine,” I said and quickly ate my sandwich and started jogging while he watched me skeptically.

Did this guy even ever get impressed by anything? I ran as he instructed and sat on the grass when I was done.

       

  “I am tired,” I said and for a moment he looked at me sympathetically then he masked up the emotion and helped me get up, he walked me to my room and I sat on a chair, he rummaged around my things and pulled out my old journal and opened it.

I shot to my feet and snatched it from him, he snickered.

       

   “You write a journal?” he asked and I nodded. He grabbed a pack of candy from the top of my drawer and tore it open, popping two into his mouth. 

       

     “Stop taking my things” I chided and he grinned, he looked so handsome that I felt dazzled, he stared at me in concern.

             

“What’s wrong?” He asked quietly and I shook my head.

             

“No it’s nothing,” I said and he studied my face and again his eyes went to my lips. He brushed away my hair from my face and slowly pressed his lip on mine, he pulled away but I pulled him closer and he deepened the kiss, then immediately my body vibrated and he pulled away in shock.

He stared at me like I had grown two heads and his eyes……his eyes were yellow.

         

    ‘Mine’ said a voice that sounded like mine but deeper in my head and suddenly Jake’s eyes widened.

       

     “Soulmate” he whispered.

         

   Jake was my soulmate.