Chapter 3

Audrey’s POV

Logan dropped me to the ground like he had just been burned by hot metal my knees getting scrapped as I landed on them. I coughed intensely, greedily breathing in air like I had gone without it for days.

‘Mate!!!’ the voice continued and it felt like I was losing my mind, where was this voice coming from? Where was the air? My lungs were burning and I was hearing voices.

I lifted my head to find the alpha looking at me in a way he’d never looked at me before, he looked both amused and pissed at the same time, he looked like there was something twisting in his head.

‘Mate’ the voice repeated once again but this time it sounded like it was fading away,

‘Shut the fuck up!!! ’ I wanted to yell, but instead, I felt butterflies and warmth spread throughout my body, my heart suddenly leaped,  filling me  with doom and dread at the realization that Alpha Logan was my fated mate.

I must be losing my mind, this must be some kind of a prank, my brother’s head lay a few meters from my feet and the man who ripped it off is supposed to be my mate??

How is it even possible that I find my mate when I don’t have a wolf?

“It can’t be” I said out loud looking at my supposed mate, a tiny part of me wanting to run into his arms, to seek comfort to feel his embrace as well as his warm body against mine.

I looked at him, his dark orbs now replaced by stormy grey ones that could not be interpreted, He smirked at me.

“Mason, help Miss Hayes up, take her stuff to my car, she’ll be staying at the mansion” He said, his gaze holding mine as if he was trying to get a reaction out of me.

His beta stood frozen for a few seconds before doing exactly as he was told to do I had completely forgotten that he and his mate were here.

“Don’t touch me!”  I barked in a tone so foreign I thought someone had taken over my body.

I mastered all the strength I could, getting up on my feet. Still holding his gaze, I walked directly to where Logan was.

He closed the distance between us, standing so close that I could feel his breath fan my face, I was both disgusted and flustered by this distance.

“MATE!” the crazy voice in my head repeated.

“You don’t want to come home with me mate?” Logan asked mockingly but his words were rather venomous.

“I would rather sleep in a grave yard” I spat looking at him dead in the eyes, almost as if daring him.

“hmm, that can be arranged, now don’t waste my time little mate I have a lot to do.” He turned around waving me off.

“Right, let me not waste your time. I Audrey Hayes of the Blue Crescent….. ” my speech was interrupted by a loud thud which came from Logan ‘s backhand colliding with my right cheek, I stumbled and almost lost my balance drawing blood from my cheeks, he was quick to grab me by the neck his nose only inches from mine.

“You, Audrey of the Blue Crescent pack are going to get in the fucking car and stop pissing me off”

I spat on his face the blood mixed saliva that had gathered in my mouth from the slap. He dropped me and I tumbled back managing to stay on my feet this time.

“I am not getting in any car with you” I screamed feeling like a maniac.

Logan slowly wiped his face which was completely void of any emotion, I was sure he would want to kill me after this but instead he lifted me off my feet throwing me over his shoulder. I kicked and screamed for him to put me down but he kept walking until we got to where his car was parked, he threw me in the trunk looking at me sadistically “there you go little mate, you don’t have to be in the car with me” he said before shutting the trunk leaving me in the dark confined space.

I couldn’t think of anything as Logan made sure the car ride was as uncomfortable as could be, it was like he was deliberately driving over rocks, I’m sure my head will have bumps after this.

The car came to halt and a few minutes later the trunk was popped open revealing a Megan who looked at me with pitiful eyes, she helped me out and led me into the house, Logan and Mason were nowhere around, I quietly followed my ex best friend as she led me into the castle of doom, this house was completely different from the pack house and I couldn’t picture Logan living in such a house.

It looked nice and calming, it was a glass house surrounded by green plants, the whole yard looked like a dome of trees, one side of the house had a waterfall flowing right along the glass I couldn’t help but part my lips in awe at the sight, the interior was nice and simple, like literally the simplest setting one would ever go for, I didn’t get to explore all the rooms, but the living area had a few black couches, a black coffee table as well a 35 inch television above the fireplace, a nice fluffy grey carpet covered the black lamination.

“Mate, smells like our mate, he smells so good” that voice that was driving me crazy said as we entered a room I’m assuming was Logan’s

“This is where you will be staying, you can freshen up and I’ll go make you some food” Megan said nervously, the guards I didn’t notice had been following us set all my bags before excusing themselves.

“I’m really sorry Audrey” Megan said before walking out. Not granting me a chance to ask what she was sorry for, was she sorry for abandoning our friendship just because she had been mated to the beta of the pack? For turning her back on me because I couldn’t shift or was she sorry that I had been mated to the devil?

Megan was my best friend for as long as I could remember all of my happy memories involve her and Scott. We met in the training fields, her father was a trainer and my brother was a trainee they both used to take us to the field with them because they had no one to take care of us and the pack house was too far, that’s how we met and became friends, imitating the trainees in the fields as they practiced, I laughed at how stupid we probably looked with sticks in our heads pretending we were wolfs.

“Welcome home little mate” A husky voice interrupted my thoughts he stood behind me his tall frame towering over mine and it felt like he was covering me in darkness.

He placed his nose in the hook of my neck breathing me in like he was taking his last breath and as creped out as I wanted to be, I actually felt warmth spread thought my body.

“So it was you? All this time it was you?” he asked lowly slowly walking around me.

“Mate, it’s still so foreign on my tongue” he whispered running his thumb along my cheek.

“You see I never really cared for such things, but Hunter wants us to give it a chance” Logan said referring to his wolf, his hand moved from caressing my cheek to being wrapped around my neck, his nose only inches from mine he was dangerously close and the stupid voice in my head was elated.

“Never, and I mean never attempt to reject me again little mate” He spat tightening his grip around my neck, I sunk my teeth in his arm and he dropped me surprised by my action.

“And don’t you ever put your filthy hands on me Mate” I spat venomously, surprised at my sudden urge to be courageous.

“This should be interesting” alpha Logan said our gazes locked.