Thalia “Will you really kill him?” I questioned. Maybe I should just tell them to truth, I don’t want Steve to get hurt because of me.“I never said I will.” “You said you will make him disappear forever.”I reminded him.“Yes, there are many ways to dispose of a human.” “I can’t believe him.” I told Cross.“Baby, don’t worry, I won’t leave you alone with him.” Cross promised.“You better not.” I warned him.“Does that mean that you have decided to listen to us?” Lucas asked me. “Shouldn’t you be trying to be on my good side? Why are you so arrogant? I might be the only woman for you but you are not the only man for me. Right now, I have a boyfriend and I can call him over and fuck him in front of you!” I blurted out. Not just Lucas but Cross also reacted to my words. They both growled in disapproval. I won’t do Cross like that but Lucas? Definitely. He walked towards me even when I put my hands out to stop him. He crowded my personal space and grabbed me by the waist when
Cross“Can you just shut up for once?”I fired at Lucas, glaring daggers at him. I made a mistake by agreeing to let him do the talking. We spent hours in his office discussing a possible way out of our current situation but in the end, we both decided that it would be best to carry Thalia along as she is a major part of everything.I did suggest that we leave her alone for a while, but Lucas rightfully pointed out that that would be dangerous for her. It was best to get her on what was going on. We both agreed to tell her about the danger that she might be in without scaring her, but the jealous freak has been acting out since we arrived at the apartment where she lived.He wasn’t the only jealous one, the thought of my mate with some human boy makes me want to do something crazy but I know damn well that commanding or forcing her to break up with him won’t do a thing and jealousy won’t solve the problem either so I kept my jealousy in check but the fucker with me doesn’t know how to
Cross“That’s not up for discussion right now, your safety is more important!” Lucas let out before I could form the words to answer her question. I glared at him. Did he not know when to fucking shut up? He hasn’t helped at all since we got here. He has only succeeded in making her angry. She doesn’t trust us enough right now and the damn idiot was making it all worse with his loud unfiltered mouth.Just one day with him and I already realized again why I can’t stand him at all. I can’t be seen with such a loser like him. If the moon goddess hadn’t decided to play tricks on us, there’s no way we would have crossed paths or even spent so much time together.I never thought I would have a common goal with Lucas of all people. I still kind of wish I was dreaming and none of this was real but I am too grown to not know when something was real.“The only you are still here is, because of him. I don’t give a fuck if you are my professor or not. You don’t even act like one so why should I
Cross“Council? Who are these people and what can they do to me? Why do I have to hide from them?” She questioned.“You don’t have to hide from them. You just have to stay safe and out of their way until i---“ I stopped. I didn’t want to tell her more. She might freak out if she finds out what would finally make her safe from the council. It will take about five to six months or the earlier four months for it to happen and just until then, we have to protect her. We have to be with her, especially in public places.“If I don’t need to hide from them then why do you think that I am in danger because of them? And who the fuck are they?” This is why I didn’t want us to tell her about the council. Those fuckers are just a bunch of lunatics with a common goal. Destroy the shifter words. They want us to fade into oblivion. That’s their plan and that’s why they don’t want humans to mate with shifters.They were nothing without the power that the government gave them. Not just that but our
Thalia“You haven’t particularly given me a reason to fucking want to spend my time with you. Cross respects me and if I want to do this then it will be him. You? No way. You remind me too much of my parents. I hate it.” I blurted out. I wasn’t even kidding. He reminds me so much of my parents. Always treating me like I can’t make my own decisions. We never get along and I know if I move in with Lucas, we will never get along. He was just too controlling for me.Cross on the other hand listens to me and lets me speak. I can’t believe that I really agree to move in with Cross. It was obvious that they weren’t lying about me being in danger and Cross said it isn’t forever like Lucas had made me believe.One year, he said. Just one year and my life will be back to normal. I don’t really know yet if I will ever go back to normal. I still have a lot of questions but I can just ask him. I could feel Lucas holding back. I could tell that he was about to say something mean to me again.“That
Thalia“Really? You don’t have to.” Cross let out.“She has to. What do you mean she doesn’t have to?” Lucas counted. I decided that between the two of them, Cross was my favorite. Okay, I might just tell Cross later that I am not dating Steve but Lucas? I am going to make his jealous ass suffer even more since he wants to be a menace.“I have made up my mind, I will move in with you but just so you know, I am not the best housemate. You can ask Emily, she has seen enough.” I warned Cross who only smiled. Fuck. Even his smile got to me more than it should. I swallowed and cleared my throat.“Even if I don’t care about myself, I care about my friend, Mily, I don’t want her to be in danger because of me. I still don’t know why having sex could turn into my life being in danger.” I let out.“We didn’t just have sex, we connected. You are linked to me, body and soul.” Lucas responded. I felt a shiver run through my body. Not again. Will I always respond to him and then like this? Or
Thalia “I am very needy. Can you put up with me?” I asked. They both nodded.“Try me.” “Okay, I will just call my workplace and quit. It’s not like I liked the people I work with, I just work because I need the money.” I told them and made to leave again but something else occurred to me. I turned to them and they both lifted questioning brows.“Are you both really smart or are you so rich that you can get anything you want?” I blurted out and bit my lips after. Maybe I shouldn’t have asked but when I am with them, I tend to lose the ability to control what I say.“Both.” Cross said with a smug smirk. Was he bragging right now?“Which is it? Who is rich and who is smart?” He laughed and so did Lucas. Were they really making fun of me? Wait until they find out that I am pretty smart and from a very rich family too. I wasn’t really proud of my background so I don’t talk about it and work part-time to earn money so as not to depend on my parents. They tend to rob it in my face wh
Thalia “I am glad you agree with me. I think I am being punished too. Why else will my life be in danger just because I had sex?” I let out.“Yeah, it’s pretty bad. I have heard of the council from my aunty. Part of the reason she moved away to be with her mate was because the council was always meddling. I don’t know the full details because I was young then but it was pretty hard for her. I saw her crying and talking with my mom multiple times. She even thought of breaking up with him at one point, but she loved him too much so in the end, she moved away just so they could be together.” Wow, I didn’t know what to say. No wonder Rachael had been so sweet with me earlier.“Is it okay if I steal your aunty and make her mine too? I think I might need her more going forward.” She nodded even before I finished talking. “Of course, you are my best friend, Lia, so my family is your family too. I am just sad that you have to leave.” I smiled and spread my arms out. She moved closer and
Lucas “Get out of my way you fucking idiot!” I yelled at a car going so slow even though there wasn’t any traffic ahead of it. “Fuck you!” The driver in the car called out. I swore under my breath as I moved past him and made sure to give him the middle finger. If I wasn’t in a hurry, I would have found out about him and dealt with him. “You are going too fast!” The passenger in my car with me let out and I glared at him angrily. Why did I even agree to go pick him up? The time I spent going over to his pack would have been spent looking for my mate. “Shut the fuck up and make sure we are going in the right direction,” I fired at him. I was almost going crazy with worry and the fucker didn’t even look fazed. I shouldn’t have gone to pick him up. I should have focused on checking all the nightclubs around. Thalia turned off her phone so none of us could reach her and right now, we are tracking her car. Hopefully, we will find her safe and sound. I was fucking tensed
Cross “What do you mean you lost her? She has been with you for what? Two minutes and you already lost her?” I yelled out. I couldn’t believe he nagged and talked me into the one-week thing only for him to lose her just a few hours after she arrived at his house. “You lost her too, stop acting like she didn’t bail on you too.” “Yes, but not on the first day and you know why she left! I damn well know that it’s not for the same reason because your horny ass won’t let her leave,” Even thinking about it made me jealous. I hated it so much. “I didn’t stop you from having her and she was clearly ready and willing. Again, don’t blame me.” Lucas yelled at me. “Who said that I am blaming you? You lost her! You couldn’t even properly take care of her and ensure she stayed safe but you wanted so much to have her with you.” I should have expected it to happen. I blame too because I shouldn’t have hung up until I managed to talk her out of leaving the house but I had been too b
Thalia“You are right. I already did that and I would very much want to do it again but those two won’t do me and I hate it so much. I feel like I am the only one wanting them so much. I don’t even know why they aren’t feeling it too.” I let out begrudgingly.“Feeling what?” Emily asked with interest. I didn’t know how best to describe how I was feeling to her without sounding like a whore who couldn’t do without sex. I have tried to act like I didn’t feel the way I did but I feel it and there was no hiding it from myself.I felt the change in me since the first time both of them walked into my class. If I am being honest, I felt the charge from the moment I slept with both of them. It only got intense the more time I spent with them. I was in heat or something.I had never thought so much about having sex until I met them. Now all I can think about is being taken by them yet none of them want the same thing. I don’t even know if any of it made any sense but that’s just how I felt.
Thalia “Jack! It's so good to see you.” I told him when I walked up to him after parking my car in the space that it would be in until I came back for it. “You got a new car. A pretty expensive one.” Jack observed. I smiled and nodded.“Can I leave it here? My friend is coming to pick me up.” He nodded even before I could finish. I smiled and hugged him in thanks. I saw Emily’s car drive into the building and bid Jack goodbye after making sure that I locked the car properly and got everything that I needed from inside.“Why did you want us to meet here?” Emily asked when I got into her car. I smiled and gestured for her to drive out. She looked at me in confusion.“I came to drop my car. We can use yours. Let’s go.” I told her. She looked even more confused but started her car and turned it. I waved Jack goodbye and blew him a kiss. He laughed and shook his head.“Why are we leaving your car behind?” Emily asked as soon as we were out of Pretense. I sighed.“I didn’t want to b
Thalia“There’s only so much I can take. Open this gate right this moment or you will all regret it. Not just you but every member of your so-called pack! You don’t want to deal with humans and the cops. You don’t want to deal with my parents either. Look them up! Look up the Sinclairs! My parents will have you all locked up and your pack will be nonexistent if you don’t let me go!” I threatened the buffy security men. I hate bringing my family into my issues or threatening people but these fuckers refuse to listen to me. I have tried every other means to get them to open the gate but they have refused each one of them. If threatening them would get me what I wanted, so be it.Lucas, that fucker. I scoffed at the thought of him. Did he really think just because he told me that he knew the law I would stop? What? He wanted me to go back to the house? Never! If he cared a little about me, he would have stayed at home today not just dropped me off and dumped me immediately. Packing mee
Lucas “Lia? Are you there? Did you hear what I said? Turn your car around and meet me at the house.” I instructed her and removed my phone from my ear to make sure she was still on the phone but she already hung up. I dialed her number again but she didn’t pick up. I called her for a third before deciding that it would be better to go pick her up before it was too late. “Damn!” I let out and rushed back into the meeting room. Everyone turned in my direction when I walked in again after stepping out to take a call that I wasn’t supposed to take during a very important pack meeting. Fuck my life. I made the rule of no phone calls during pack meetings but I was the one to break the rule and now I am about to break another rule. Leaving the pack meeting before time wasn’t allowed but I couldn’t stay in the meeting while knowing that my mate was about to leave the pack even though I told her not to. There’s only so much the guys at the gate can do. If she persists and insists
Thalia “Because we said so.” I stared open-mouthed at Lucas. Just when I thought he got better, he just had to go spoil things between us. What? Because they said so? Like I will listen just because they said so. Men and audacity. “Can you just listen to us?” Cross added. I glared at him. “So? You expect me to say yes sir and do everything you two want? It doesn’t work that way.” I told them firmly. It was just clubbing with my friend. Nothing too huge. I could have gone without telling them but I chose to be a good girl and look where that got me. “You can’t go around unguarded. We don’t want anything to happen to you.” Lucas said in that voice that made him sound like he was talking to a child. “I have been okay all my life. Why do I have to be watching my back like some fugitive? I am twenty-two. I can’t spend my nights curled up in bed in my twenties. I will do that in my thirties or forties. I am going out and that’s final. I just thought to let you guys know. You c
Thalia “And I thought my life here would be better. What a letdown.” I grumbled. It was only my first night here so I shouldn’t be disappointed but I was. How could he leave me alone in the house on my first night? I spent all day anticipating only to be left disappointed. “Shit!” I complained and got out of bed again. I was bored out of my mind. Alone in the house on my first night. I could do a house tour but I wasn’t the type to go snooping around without approval. In the end, I decided to chat with my friends. “What’s the use of having two lovers when I can’t even get any of them like I want?” I sent the chat to the group and both girls started typing immediately. “Holy, what?” I rolled my eyes at Emily’s question. Both of them didn’t believe me when I told them that I wasn’t getting any. “I am not kidding, not to mention, I am home alone right now. That fucker dropped me off and went away talking about some pack meeting.” I texted. “Oh, pack meetings are very impor
Thalia “Is she okay?” I nodded. “Alright, let’s go?” I nodded and grabbed my stuff from the chair I had kept them earlier. He took the bag from me. “It’s just school stuff that I need for the new week.” I told him when he looked at me with questioning eyes. “Let’s go.” I walked ahead of him and saw his car. I excitedly strolled there but as I got in the car, I couldn’t help but feel a little sad. Cross might have done some crazy shit but he had been a good host so yeah, I miss him already. “You will be back next week. Don’t miss him so much. In fact, forget about him for now. You belong to me.” Lucas told me. He dropped my bag in the back seat and got into the car. “I don’t belong to you or anyone. I only belong to myself.” I let out. He smirked and started the car. I sent a text to Cross that I already left and thanked him for having me. Don’t ask me why I thought of thanking him after how yesterday night turned out to be. “We have arrived already?” I let