Chapter four

Chapter four

Aria’s pov

I felt the cold blade against my neck before I saw it. My eyes widened in fear and I remained as still as I could before tilting my head to stare at my attacker. I was immediately drawn in by the intensity of his gaze and the fact that he had a striking resemblance to the injured man laying in front of me. 

Once again, upon setting my eyes upon him, I felt the urge to be closer to him. And he had the unmistakable scent that was unique to one’s destined mate. The sword was still placed close to my neck as a third figure emerged from the forest.

My wolf howled mate, all three of them were my mate!

And once again, I felt drawn to him. He also had a striking resemblance to the first two guys.  

I couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that all three of them were my mates! It was all surprising to me because it was unusual for a person to have three mates.

He walked closer and stood beside the man who had his sword placed directly in front of my neck. 

“Enough!” Xeros ordered, “she is trying to help me. Alexander drop the sword and stand back” 

I couldn’t miss the expression on Alexander’s face which quickly morphed to a look of understanding. His hands fell to his side and I let out a sigh of relief. It was at that point I realized how tensed up that got me.

“What impression do you think you will leave behind by killing a beautiful girl like this,” the third guy who stood beside Alexander  said jokingly with a smirk on his face. 

“Shut up, Carlo” Alexander cautioned him, throwing him a glare. 

“I’m just telling the truth,” Carlo chuckled, raising his arms in mock surrender. 

I continued my search for a sharp branch and when I finally found one that was sharp enough to get the job done, I felt their gazes on me as I made a cut on their brother’s skin. 

Xeros closed his eyes and his face contorted in pain as the dark blood flowed out of his body. When I was sure that all the poisoned blood had been flushed out, I cut a piece of my torn shirt and carefully bandaged him. 

I rose to my feet, prepared to take my leave because for some reason I felt so uncomfortable around these people even though my wolf was drawn to them. 

“Umm… I would be taking my leave now” I said, considering it polite to let them know before I leave. 

After saying that, I turned to leave. I had just moved a few steps away from them when I felt a grip on my arm. 

“Hold on. Our brother doesn’t think you should leave yet” Alexander, the one who grabbed me, said. 

I raised my brows, “what do you mean by that?” I asked, his grip on my arm filling me with some form of unease. 

I remained silent for a few minutes, with the hope of passing a message across to him that I wasn’t planning on going back. 

After what felt like eternity and with him still waiting patiently for me to return to his brother, I sighed and said, “okay. But, I will appreciate if you release your hold on me” 

And he immediately let go of my arm. 

“Lead the way,” he said, waiting for me to take the first step. As we made our way back to where Xeros was, I couldn’t help but feel a bit of anger. Did Xeros think he could restrict me or control my movements just because I treated him? 

“I’m here. What do you want?” I snapped.

“I am not yet fully recovered. I would need you to stay till the bleeding reduces” Xeros said calmly.

“Oh,” I said, suddenly feeling bad for the way I snapped at him earlier. 

“Do you think that she will still be here?” I heard a gruff voice, followed by the flash of a torchlight down the cliff. 

“Kneel” Carlo said, “we wouldn’t want them to see us here” he continued, and I complied because I didn’t have the ability to fight off the warriors from earlier. 

“Are you sure she isn’t still here?” The voice called out again. 

I flinched as I heard that because I knew they were referring to me. I raised my gaze and found Xeros eyes fixed on me, “Are you okay?” Xeros asked calmly. 

I shook my head and after a few minutes the area was silent again, a sign that the warriors had left again. 

“Do you still want to leave or would you rather stay with us over here?” Xeros asked, “It’s quite obvious that you have people looking for you” Xeros added upon noticing my reaction to the voices from earlier. 

I nodded, “I will wait. I will leave when you all are ready to leave” I said, considering it the safest option given that the warriors might still be out there.