Thalia “Ohhhh… so now we are accepting everything?” The voice in my head judged. I rolled my eyes and ignored her.“Yes, I should leave. Just in case Secretary Lim or whoever comes here, tell them to fuck off.” Emily laughed.“Don’t worry, I can handle myself.” “I know, take care of yourself and I will see you at school.” I told her and hugged her close. She walked me to my door. I expected Lucas to be out already but when I pushed my door open, he was still right where I had left him.“We should leave.” I called out to him without entering my room. He stood up and walked towards me.“Hi, I am Emily. I know we have met before but I haven’t really introduced myself. I am one of your students.” Emily said, smiling shyly and fixing her hair. If she didn’t have a boyfriend who I know she loves a lot, I would have been mad at the way she was acting with Lucas. He smiled and nodded.“I know you, nice to meet you again. So sorry that we stole your friend.” The fact that he said ‘we’
Thalia Only very few rich people have happy families and mine wasn’t part of them. However, my family, especially my parents, never accepted that we weren’t a happy and normal family.“What’s funny?” Did he think that I was laughing because things are funny? I wasn’t.“I hate talking about my family but just so you know, my parents got my siblings to marry who they picked out for them, got them to study what they wanted them to. I am the youngest and only exception because I never let them tell me what to do and they hate it. I am literally this close to losing my place in the Sinclair dynasty and I am not even joking.” I wish he wouldn’t ask any more questions. I just want to forget what happened today and sleep for the rest of the day. I have a class tomorrow and I should be fresh and ready for it. Thankfully Lucas didn’t ask any more questions. I closed my eyes after about three minutes of silence and just dozed off.When I opened my eyes again, I was back in the bed that I had
Cross“What the fuck?” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Marriage? That's not what I expected them to talk about. I actually thought Lia got scolded for moving out without telling her parents and I was ready to accept that but marriage? No way.“Yeah, my exact reaction. Turns out we have a lot more on our plate than we initially thought.” I didn’t even know what to say. I thought finding my mate will be the final piece to a missing puzzle in my life and yes, finding Thalia did fix the missing piece but she came with so much shit that I don’t even know if I can handle it.Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to back away. Hell no! Not in a million years. Having to deal with the council and now her parents too was just too many problems. I looked to where she was currently lying. She was fast asleep again even though she had been sleeping all day.I got a text from Lucas when he dropped her off at my house earlier and he told me that she was sleeping so he just carried her to her
Cross“Don’t thank me, I didn’t do it for you, I did it for her and right now, I don’t know if I did the right thing. She defended you when I cursed at you for not feeding her before dropping her off.” He let out a loud laugh that pissed me off. Yeah, I definitely sold myself out by getting them back together.“Stop fucking laughing,” I scolded him. That made him laugh even more. The bastard. I wanted to hang up on him but we weren’t done talking and as much as I don’t like him, we still have to talk a lot going forward.“Are you done?” I let out when his laughter finally died down.“Yeah, I am done. Maybe I should get you even more worked up by telling you that we made out earlier in her bedroom. She couldn’t keep her hands and lips off me. If her best friend hadn’t distracted us, who knows, I would have taken her again.” I growled but surprisingly not in anger. I didn’t feel angry that he kissed my mate, nope, I just felt jealous that it wasn’t me. What the fuck is wrong with me
Cross“Do you think they will find the fact that both of us got jobs in the school almost at the same time suspicious?” I asked even though I knew the answer to my question already.“Obviously, that’s why we have to be careful.” So rich coming from him as if he wasn’t the one who created a scene with the human boy who Thalia wasn’t even dating.“So you know that and you still went ahead to create a scene?” I asked him and he grumbled.“That was a one-time thing and no one saw.” “Yeah? As far as I remember, it was twice and both times, you had a witness who those fucker can easily talk to.” I reminded him.“It won’t happen anymore. Now that I know that nothing is going on with them, I don’t need to chop off his dick anymore.” Oh, she finally told him. Good for him but what’s done is done. I won’t be surprised if a member of the council saw. It would have been so easy if the members of the councils were just the heads that we knew about but there are a lot of agents that work for
Cross“What was he doing in our pack? You said that you would explain when we meet and I couldn’t wait because I didn’t want to ask you during the pack meeting.” I sighed again. Don’t even ask me why. I made up my mind that sighing was my new habit. I didn’t want to beat about the bush so I just went straight for the kill.“He was here to drop off my mate who is his mate too.”The look on my beta’s face told me that Elena didn’t even drop a single hint. I know she knows that Thalia has two mates because Thalia told her and she told me about it. Every day, I like Elena even more. She’s beta material, too bad I selected her brother as a replacement before she was of age. I would definitely have picked her.Back to my beta, man couldn’t say anything. He kept trying and stopping. In the end, he settled for downing the liquor he poured out for himself.“I haven’t tasted alcohol in weeks.” I laughed at his choice of words. I know why he hasn’t been drinking. His mate told him to remove al
Thalia“There are a lot of knockoff artifacts displayed in various museums around the world being portrayed as the real thing while the originals are lying in rich people’s homes, being unseen and unappreciated.”The class laughed even though they knew he wasn’t joking. I know more than half of them were guilty of what he just said because they definitely have something like that in the respective mansions where they were born and raised. I am no different. We are all guilty and yet I wonder why we all decided to study what we study. Maybe to do what is right in the end. I don’t know.The laughter died down and Lucas went right back to lecturing. The way he paced, his hand gestures, and everything else about him were just so elite. I was half listening to Lucas’s lecture and half drooling. Actually, if I am being real with myself, it wasn’t half and half like two equals. I don’t know how I even have anything written down at this point. I couldn’t take my eyes off him just like I ha
Thalia “Lia? Are you here?” Elena’s voice brought me back to reality, I smiled in her direction. Elena has become my best friend and we have been practically inseparable for days now. Even Emily noticed and I had to assure her that I wasn’t replacing her.I introduced them and now, we have a trio group chat where we talk about anything and everything. Aside from Cross acting like a man of integrity and avoiding physical contact, everything else has been looking up for me. My mom hasn’t called or done anything like she threatened. It has been very quiet but I know not to let my guard down.I have known my parents for twenty-two years and have seen first-hand what they can do for about thirteen of those twenty-two years. I know that the quiets are usually moments before the storm and I know to prepare so even though I was having fun and all, I was going all out looking for a job that wouldn’t require me to leave the house and would also pay enough for me to pay some of my fees and g
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
Thalia By afternoon, I was all set to leave the house and so fucking exciting for my week with Lucas because I know it will be very spicy. I cleaned up really well. There was no need to pack my bag as Lucas already had stuff I could use over at his house. I only carried my school materials that I would need for the week and my gadgets. I went over to Elena’s house and had lunch with her and her brother’s pregnant wife. Contrary to what I thought, she was actually a sweet woman, just that her hormones were all over the place because of the pregnancy. “You look super excited to leave our pack.” Elena commented as we both made our way back to Cross’s house. I smiled. I couldn’t even deny the fact that I was excited. “I am but don’t worry, I will be back soon.” I assured her. “Can you actually keep doing the back and forth? Won’t you get tired?” I smiled. I have thought of it too but right now, I don’t feel tired yet. Maybe later I will but for now, I am just not going to
Thalia “Lia, I saw your calls. Are you okay? Where are you?” He asked with concern for me, lacing his voice. He sounded out of breath which made me wonder what he has been up to. I called him and waited for him for hours. “I don’t need you anymore Lucas. You didn’t answer when I called.” I let out. He sighed. “I am sorry, I was busy. I didn’t notice my phone was ringing because it was on silent.” He explained. Busy? What was he so busy doing that he was so out of breath? Fucking some random woman? The thought found its way into my head and I couldn’t let it out. “What were you doing,” I asked and swallowed the lump that formed in my throat. What the fuck was my problem? The man doesn’t owe me any loyalty and why did I even have that kind of thought to begin with? “I was far from my phone. I just got back. What did you want me to do? Are you okay?” He asked me. “I am fine. Where were you?” I let out. Was I really trying to find out where he was so that I could deci
Thalia “This place is expensive.” I whispered. “I know.” “And yet you brought me here just because I said I wanted to eat? I am not particularly dressed for dinner tonight.” I let out. I wore a runaway outfit and not a date night party. Why would he pick a place that most people only visit on very important occasions and dates? Maybe it’s a werewolf thing. “It doesn’t matter. No one will see you.” Good for him to say. He was dressed properly. I wondered how he was able to suit up before coming to find me. “Did you look through your wardrobe and find the most expensive suit, wear the nicest perfume, and pick out the nicest shoes before coming to look for me?” I questioned him. “I always dress this way.” “Huh? Do you always wear a suit? Don’t you have casual clothes like jeans and T-shirts?” I asked him as my mind went over the times I had spent with him. I realized that I had never seen him dressed in anything other than suits. Wow. Even in the house, I have only see
Thalia“Did I say something wrong?”I asked Cross when he went silent after I jokingly called him ancient, he looked at me and looked away. Okay, maybe he didn’t get the joke. I was just kidding why did he have to take it so seriously? It’s not like he was really ancient.“Cross? I was just joking.”I whispered to him. He didn’t look at me, and I decided to give it up. I realized what he was doing. He didn’t want to answer my question about the number of women he had been with, so he was acting all offended.It’s not like I wanted to continue that talk anyway, I already told him that he doesn’t need to answer. A man like him would surely have had his share of lovers in the past. I am not the kind of girl who gave a fuck about things like that.“If it’s because I asked about your past lovers, don’t worry about it. I am really open-minded. I don’t care.”I assured him.“I care.”I whipped my head in his direction to make sure he was being for real. He was. Which was crazy. Why would he
Cross "Are you going to ignore me forever?" Thalia questioned in a whole whisper. I looked at her and looked away, choosing to concentrate on driving instead of her question or the many thoughts that were running through my mind. I almost lost my mind while I searched everywhere for her. I didn't know where she was and that drove me fucking crazy. I called her plenty of times but she didn't take my calls. I tried to call that bastard but he didn't take my calls either and that made me so scared. I drove around looking for her car. I even went to her old house and found the door locked. I asked around and found out that her friend went home for the weekend which meant Thalia couldn't have been with her. It had been the scariest three hours of my life. I kept blaming myself which I should. It was all my fault. I was the reason she had left the pack. If I had just—fuck! I don't even want to think about that right now. When she finally took my call after I decided to call her