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
Thalia “Don’t worry, you don’t have to tell me that. She’s going to break up with him.” “Tish!” I let out, at Lucas’s words. It was because of him that I plan on keeping my relationship with Steve going. I want to see him melt with jealousy since he decided to be a meanie towards me. “Mily, you can’t just keep doing that. Do I need to remind you of the school rule?” I let out. “You are the only one who cares about that rule, honestly. I know a lot of students who have been in intimate relationships with unmarried professors. Some even with the married ones. No one has been sent away because no one has been caught. Plus, we are graduating soon. You have been a good girl, you are allowed to be bad just this one. I mean for these.” She let out, pointing at Cross and Lucas. “For these, I will gladly sin and get caught. Too bad I love my boyfriend and they already belong to you.” She commented and walked away like she didn’t just say what she did. “They don’t belong to me.”
Cross “Why do we need to leave?” I asked him. The thought of leaving the school while knowing that that bastard was after my mate didn’t sit well with me. I hated it. “That’s what's best for her. It won’t take long for us to be linked to her.” “What does that even mean?” I asked him. I did my research before I took the job. If it was because of the no professor-student relationship then I don’t fucking care about that. I didn’t care before and I won’t care going forward. “I mean that if our relationship gets out, she will be expelled from the school and I don’t want that to happen.” He was talking crap. “That’s not going to happen!” “I wish it won’t but think about it! It’s not just one but two of us! Shifters are accepting but humans? They won’t! We don’t want her to end up sad, right? She really loves school and she has worked so hard to get this far. I don’t want us to ruin it for her.” I saw a lot of sense in what he said but that doesn’t mean I agree with it.
Cross “I am going to kill him. I swear on my life that I will kill him!” Lucas yelled on the phone. I couldn’t blame him. I felt the same too. I wanted to kill that bastard the moment I got the message from him. That bastard not only found out about Thalia but he has been following her for a while now and told me about it himself with picture proof. It wasn’t just a handful of photos that he sent. If it was, I wouldn’t have been so mad right now. He has been following her for a while now. Even before Lucas and I met her. I still couldn’t believe that bastard met my mate before I did and even talked to her. Thalia might not remember because he may have met her as a regular person but he did so and has been watching her for so long. I wouldn’t have believed his words if he hadn’t sent pictures of her from over a year ago. Just thinking about the conversation I had with him pissed me off so bad. I wanted to find him and murder him in cold blood. “You are not alone! I want to
Thalia “I can’t lie. Cross, I am scared. Honestly, I don’t know how to be calm and not anxious when someone out there is probably watching my every move. What if they find me when you aren’t there? It’s not like we are together every time, and it’s not like I can just stay home. I have school.” I told him, and he pulled me back into a hug.“Nothing is going to happen to you, Lia, I promise you. Don’t worry; I will take care of that bastard and make sure to put an end to the madness.” He assured me. I let out a deep sigh and snuggled closer to him. I just have to keep believing him and hoping that it will all end without me getting in trouble. After a while, we eased out of the hug, and only then did I remember that the other girls were in my room, and they probably heard our conversation. Not that I mind. “My friends are in my room. We are spending the night here.” I told him. he fixed my hair and nodded.“You go study, and I will take care of everything else.” He told me while
Thalia “Hey, did something happen?” I asked with concern. He didn’t respond immediately, just hugged me tighter until it got a little hard to breathe and I had to tap him. “I can’t breathe.” I managed to say and he let go immediately. He looked me over as if trying to make sure that I was okay. I smiled at him to ease his worry but he seemed even more worried. Something must have happened to make him so worried. “Are you okay?” He asked with so much concern lacing his voice. Yup, something definitely happened. “I am okay. Did something happen? Why are you so worried?” I asked him. He pulled me back into a hug. “Thank goodness,” He let out in relief. “Hmm. Why did you think something happened to me? I have been at the pack all afternoon and you told me that I am safe here.” I reminded him. He pulled out of the hug again and nodded. “You are safe here.” He assured me. “Okay, so why were you worried for me? You literally look like something big happened tha
Thalia “Yes, claim her. If he doesn’t, she might never know. Also, she has to be attracted to him too.” Those two are definitely attracted to each other. I literally see sparks flying around when they are in the room together. “You will see. I am betting money on the fact that they will get together.” I told her. She looked unconvinced. “I doubt it but let’s see how it goes. I really like her so I will definitely approve.” Emily called out to us again and We didn’t say anything else as we both made our way upstairs to the balcony outside my room where the other girls were already sitting and waiting for us. I realized that even though I have been here for about two weeks straight now since I returned from Lucas’s pack, I haven’t been into my room. I use Cross’s room and everything I need is there so I don’t even bother coming here. “You guys took forever to do the dishes.” Calista scolded us. I waved her off and sat next to Emily and turned on my laptop. Good thing I asked
Thalia “I am not tall enough.” I knew that wasn’t an excuse even before I said it out and Emily knew too. She eyed me. “Don’t piss me off,” She warned me in her motherly voice. I shook my head at her. Elena showed up just in time to save my ass from more talk and to eat. She sat down without asking questions. “Did you see your brother?” I asked her when I remembered the reason she had to go home first. “I did and he said to not worry and that he and the alpha will handle things.” She told me and started eating. She looked sad which made me worry for her but I didn’t ask any questions while she ate. “What happened at home? You don’t look okay.” I asked her when we started piling the dishes we used into the dishwasher while Emily and Calista went to up our reading spot. She forced a smile. I knew it was forced because her real smile was always more beautiful and carefree. “What happened? Did he not believe you?” I asked her. “No, he believed me. Someone else from th
Thalia “I told you before that he owns a booming business. They both do.” I told her again. she dropped her fork and widened her eyes. “I thought you were just saying.” “Girl, you literally searched for them, remember?” I reminded her. “Yeah, I did. Why did I forget that? anyway, you are one lucky girl. You are born into a rich family, got mated to two rich men and on top of that, you are a literal genius and a beauty goddess, honestly, I don’t know why you aren’t exploring your full potential. What’s stopping you? Remember that modelling job?” I rolled my eyes at her. now, she was back again with the same shit that I already told her that I wasn’t interested in. she wanted me to go into modelling. I asked why she didn’t and she said and I quote. “This is not about me, this is about you and using your beauty for the good of all.” as if that made any sense. It all started a month ago when I got stopped by a talent agency that wanted me to sign with them as one of their mod
Thalia “I am sorry,” I repeated when I finally found my voice. We hugged for a few seconds more before we broke apart and stared at each other. She cried. I could see the aftermath of tears in her eyes. I made her cry yet she didn’t not leave. “I couldn’t leave. I hate fighting with you but I couldn’t continue pretending that you weren’t hurting my feelings.” Emily told me. “I am sorry for how I have been acting. I promise that it won’t happen again. You were right, I need to work on my trust issues. It's not you. It’s me and I will work hard to become a better version of myself.” I promised her. “Thank goddess,” Elena said and we both turned to her. “Do you know that you both fighting will ruin the mood of our small friend group? Don’t do that again. I was gone only a few seconds and you guys broke up?” She let out and shook her head at us in disapproval. “Agree. One moment it was cool and the next moment, they both wanted to tear each other apart. I am just glad th
Thalia “It’s worrying because this is a no-drone area. No drone should be able to get close to the pack.” Now I was even more confused because I didn’t know there was something like that. She saw my confusion and explained. “Our packs, both the Silver-crust and the Rhae Blood Moon pack do not allow drones. We have an official permit from the government and all! Drones are not to be seen in the pack, especially around the woods, I don’t know what happened.” She explained, looking back the way she came from and looking up too as if looking for the drone that she had seen. I looked too but there was nothing. “I don’t know if it's a lost drone or if someone is deliberately sending drones in the direction of the pack to watch us.” Now it made sense. With everything that’s happening with the council, I hope it was a lost drone and not one sent to watch the pack. “I have to speak to the alpha and tell him what I saw.” Elena said in a hasty voice. She looked around again. I re