Thalia“Ste—“ I stopped talking when he smiled and waved at me. I let out a sigh of relief when I realized that he didn’t hear anything and was just surprised to see me and that’s all that it was. I didn’t realize how scared and in shock I had been to see him until he caught me in his arms as I collapsed.I almost pushed him off but realized very soon that the professors were watching and the best way to make them believe that Steve and I were a thing so they could let go of the mating thing.“Can you take me out of here? I don’t feel good.” I managed to whisper to Steve.“Why? Did they hurt you? Do I need to report to the Dean of Students?” He asked with concern, lacing his voice. I shook my head. The last thing I want right now is for anyone in the school to be involved.“No, they didn’t do anything wrong. We were just talking and I suddenly felt sick. Can you just take me away from here?” I pleaded with him. He nodded and helped me steady myself. I held on to him and turned aro
Thalia“You should run away while you still can. Oh, wait, you can’t anymore but still. Run.” My inner voice advised and for a second. I thought of taking her advice and just making a run for it but I held my ground and glared at Lucas. Only for a moment down. I lowered my eyes the second our eyes met and his fierce burning eyes met mine.“Sir,” Steve said in a shaking voice. What the fuck? How can he be so scared? I thought he was tough. I mean, he used to act tough and stand up for the whole class whenever we messed up or a professor was trying to be unfair to us. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe I made the wrong choice.“Thalia, let him go,” Lucas growled but I refused.“He is my boyfriend.” I insisted. He tightened his lips Just as Cross got to us. I looked around and saw some students looking at us with interest. I wonder if my lovers turned professors didn’t see that they were drawing attention. Or maybe they just don’t care. They have nothing to lose anyway.“You shouldn’t be with
Thalia I had to take the bus because my car went back like three semesters ago and my parents refused to fix it or get me a new one like they did for my other siblings. I don’t even like thinking about my siblings because they were just as bad as my parents.They hated me. They don’t say it to my face but I know that they hate me. They don’t call me. We don’t have any love between us like other siblings do. They had a rivalry. Two of them but me? Nothing. Nothing at all because I wasn’t competing with them and tried my best to stay off their part even when we were younger.I always got the barest minimum from my parents. The used stuff and worn down shit but I always don’t mind. Even the car I used to drive was a hand-me-down from my sister after she got a new car from my parents. Why? She got married to the perfect man they found for her after she graduated from a university they picked and a profession they chose.“Lia!” I heard Emily’s voice and was glad for the distraction. I a
Thalia “What did you just say?” She asked after a few minutes of complete silence.“You heard me the first time, Lily, I had sex with him.” I repeated. She looked at me in disbelief. She pointed at me.“Pull over.” She ordered. I already expected her to ask me to do that. I slowed down and pulled out of the road.“Repeat what you just said.” “Lily.” I let out. Maybe I should have told her three weeks ago when it happened. She doesn’t really keep things away from me but I tend to not tell her everything. I am not so open with people.“You slept with him but you guys only met today, wait, you have met him before?” I nodded.“When? When did this happen and why am I just finding out? I tell you everything.” She let out. I suddenly felt bad for keeping it all a secret. “Three weeks ago.” “Three weeks? Three whole weeks? Lia? I tell you everything. You couldn’t even tell me that much? Do you even see me as your friend?” She was offended and I kind of understood her. I let out a s
Lucas“Why are you still following me? She already left, you should walk away,” I told the lunatic who thought it was a good idea to follow me back to my office. I don’t like him and I am not trying to hide it. It’s not just me. It goes both ways for us. We have known each other since we were little boys and we have never gotten along. That’s not about to change now.“I am following because clearly, we have something important to discuss. This isn’t the time to act out. I hate you just as much as you hate me but we have a situation at hand that requires us to talk.” I hated the fucker. Today didn’t turn out the way I wanted and seeing him made everything worse. I finally saw my mate again after three whole weeks of not being able to see her and now, not only does she have some dumb human boyfriend, but I also have to deal with the fucker who won’t leave me alone.“I don’t want to talk to you about anything. In case you haven’t noticed.” He didn’t stop following me. I tried to shut
Lucas“I don’t think I have the time you think I have. Why will I go so far just to get under your skin? You are forty, start acting your age and start thinking your age. We have a situation and I am trying to be the logical adult here. I told you not to go after her when she left but you did and made a scene. Do you even think or are you so caveman that you don’t think before you act?” He shot at me. I clenched my fist and growled at him.“Stop doing that.” He warned me. “I don’t listen to you or take orders from you.” I fired at him.“We both don’t take orders from anyone but again, we have a situation. Do you think I want this? No! I don’t want it. I finally found my mate after so many years of waiting and now I find out that she isn’t just my mate. Do you think I am okay? I am not fucking okay but you don’t see me acting all angry and going around creating a scene. We want to protect her from them, not expose her to them. Think!” He yelled at me and for the first time, I actu
CrossI watched him pace around. He was finally getting it. He was acting like he usually does acting before thinking. It’s one of the things I hated about him. In all, I couldn’t stand him and would very much not want to be in this situation right now but I couldn’t change things.If I could, I would go back to that night three weeks ago and make sure that Thalia knew she only belonged to me. That she couldn’t be with anyone else. I didn’t do it and now, I have to live with the consequences.“Why did it have to be him?” I wasn’t the only one pissed by the idea that my mate didn’t belong to me alone. My wolf was too and he has been going crazy inside me. I was in control so he had no choice but to foam inside.Everything happened so fast that it still felt like some weird dream to me even though I knew that it wasn’t a dream. I don’t dream about stuff like this. My dreams were what people call nightmares. This might as well be a nightmare. My mate isn’t just my mate. She’s mated to a
Cross“I can’t let that happen.”I whispered to myself.“Damn well, we can’t.”He heard it even though I said it in a very low voice. Wolves have really good hearing so it wasn’t a shocker that he heard me.“So, you do agree that we can’t let them get to her. That we have to protect her no matter what?”I asked him. He scowled at me but nodded in agreement. We are finally getting somewhere.“What do you want to do?”It funny how he was asking me my plans now when just a while ago, he went crazy because I asked him what he planned to do. Honestly, right now, I don’t have a plan. Yes, I had a plan before. That’s why I applied to lecture in her school, I wanted to be with her.My plan had been simple, find her, ask her out, and make sure she was never out of my sight. They will definitely know she has been mated if they find her and it’s my job to protect her from that. Of course, staying away from her might be the only right way but I can’t stay away from my mate.The three weeks it too
Thalia “Are you okay?” Emily voiced in concern, I turned to her and forced a smile. Not that I could fool Mily but I couldn’t even look at her for long. I remembered how I acted when it was clear that she didn’t have any double meaning with what she said about Lucas. How could I have such thoughts about my best friend and still have the mind to face her without feeling guilty? I couldn’t do it. Elena saw me struggling and came to my rescue. “She just needs to rest, right Lia?” I nodded without words, rested my head against the seat, and closed my eyes. I could still feel some traces of jealousy and it scared me. Was this normal? It definitely wasn’t normal. I thought back to the moment it first happened and I couldn’t remember anything being off until Emily made flirty comments about Lucas. That’s when I lost it. Something snapped and I still don’t know what. The bus was noisy with students talking loudly and filming for their social media accounts while I just sat ther
Thalia“Hi, gorgeous.” I mentally rolled my eyes when he used the words she described him with on her. Emily once again ate it up. She was all giggly when she responded. I shook my head at both of them. The beta was clearly a flirt and Emily was just as flirty. Good for them but we needed to leave. “Elena you guys can catch up some other time, we are late!” I called out to Lena who glared at me before turning her attention to the hottie. Wow, even the one with a mate is taken by him. Women can be so very not loyal. Not me though. I am very loyal to my men.“Yeah, you got two. It will be greedy of you not to be loyal.” The smarty mouth in my head judged. I mentally rolled my eyes again. Thankfully, the hottie finally let my two best friends go. He waved us goodbye and got into his car. We did the same and Elena shot me a mean look.“You made us late.” I pointed at myself in shock.“Me? I wasn’t the one who was fangirling over a hottie.” I defended. It wasn’t my fault anymore. The
Thalia“Babe, where are you? Do you want us to be late?” Elena called out. She wasn’t the one who called me but she was the one who spoke. They were together, Elena and Emily.I was late. I know. But it wasn’t my fault that I was late. At least not entirely my fault. Lucas! That crazy man. He left the house without waking me up. It was all his fault. He took the “I am not going to treat you special just because you are my mate” too seriously. We slept on the same bed yet I didn’t know when he woke up and when he left the house.“You fault for staying up late and waking him up just to get fucked.” I blushed at the reminder from the judging voice in my head. Yeah, I was guilty but you can’t blame me. I had a hot man in bed. What would anyone else in my shoes do? I woke him up twice last night and I would do it again. Though the aftermath was being sore and late, it still was worth it.“Almost at the gate. This estate is damn big and I told you to drive in but you insisted on waiting o
Thalia “You know we have a field trip tomorrow, right? It’s for two nights and three days.” Lucas whispered in my ear hours later when I was so close to falling into a deep satisfied sleep. I opened my eyes and blinked at him. Did he not think that telling something like that shortly after we literally just made love was inappropriate? He just reminded me that I was fucking my professor. I mean, I know but still not cool. Not cool at all. I don’t want to be reminded. “Could have kept quiet till morning,” I mouthed but he heard me. Damn, werewolf and good hearing. “I heard that.” He whispered in my ears again. His breath tickled my ear. I moved away from him just so I could glare at him. “Did you really think that I won’t know about my class trip? I am a top student, sir. I am very diligent and focused when it comes to school activities.” I bragged. He looked at me as if he didn’t believe me. “I telling the truth.” I let out defensively which made him laugh. “I kn
Thalia “Were you waiting for me?” Lucas asked when he dropped me down. I glared at him for the question because what did he expect? “Sorry baby, I didn’t mean to keep you waiting. Let’s go inside.” He said, offering me his hand which I took even though I still glared at him for what he said before. “What did you expect me to do? Of course, I waited up! I have been waiting for you to come back all day.” I lamented. He stopped walking and looked at me. I made a face to show him how upset I had been. He ruffled my hair and I pouted in reaction. “Sorry baby. I had to take care of something at the company and couldn’t access my phone for hours. Since I was already on my way home, I didn’t think of calling. Next time I will call ahead.” He said apologetically. “You better! I was so close to calling my lover and having him steal me away,” I lied. “Lover? Who? That bastard?” I didn’t even think of Cross when I said lover. I just spoke without thinking but I nodded at
Thalia “When is he coming back?” I let out impatiently. I have had the urge to call him all afternoon but I resisted as much as I could because I didn’t want to come across to him as some kind of needy and desperate for attention kind of girl and I got through the first few hours after four o clock with the same mindset but now, it was way past nine pm and he still wasn’t back. Now, I don’t think I can hold on anymore without calling him to find out where he was and when he would be back. I had lunch on my own. I even made dinner hoping to share it with him but I ended up eating first because I wasn’t a fan of eating late. “Did he ditch me?” I let out. I know that’s not possible but it still didn’t stop me from thinking he did. He should have been back already. “You can just call him to find out where he was.” My inner voice advised. Yeah, I could call him but he could have called me to tell me that he won’t be home early or at least a text. Nothing from him since mo
Thalia “I trust you but if you need me, you know you can always talk to me, right?” I nodded and smiled. “I know. Thank you. I love you.” “You are declaring your love for me a lot more lately.” She observed. “Right. I should say it more.” “I love you too, Lia.” We talked some more and even planned our outfits for the trip. At some point, we added Elena who had been busy earlier to the call and we talked about other things. The call went on for about another hour before I hugged up and suddenly, I felt alone in the big house. I wandered downstairs to the kitchen and made a quick lunch for myself which I ate in the kitchen. I washed the dishes I used and returned to my room. I tried to study but I couldn’t focus. I kept thinking about last night and wishing for Lucas to come back already so that we could have a repeat. We might not be able to do anything in the next two days because of the trip. No way I would let myself near him with other students around to see us. I
Thalia “I don’t give a fuck about my family. And as for the guys, I just met them so I can’t love them more than I love you. I mean, I don’t think I love them. I do care for them but love? That’s too early. Don’t you think so?” I wasn’t even sure what I felt for them. It could be lust. Yeah, definitely lust. Look how happy I was after an erotic night with Lucas. Also, I was so offended and angry when Cross refused to touch me and then got mad at Lucas too for the same reason. Lust was definitely front, center, and back of our relationship right now. “It’s never too early. Love at first sight exists for a reason.” Love at first sight only happens in movies and books. Not in real life. Who would fall in love with a stranger on the first day? Definitely not me. “But you can sleep with a stranger on the first day? Make that first hour.” The voice in my head judged and I gracefully ignored her. “I don’t know, Em, I don’t think I am in love with them. At least not yet. How can I
Thalia “You know that you have been smiling like a fool for the past thirty minutes that we have been on this video call, right?” Emily called me out. I didn’t even try to deny it. I just smiled even more. I mean, I can’t stop myself from smiling when I feel so happy. This is the happiest I have been in a while and I had one hot man. No wolf, to thank for my current happiness. I smiled even more and could feel my cheeks heating up when I remembered last night and everything we did. Most importantly, this morning. I smiled at the memory of waking up to Lucas’s kisses and the slow, sweet, and tentative lovemaking that followed. The way he carried me to his restroom after and bathed both of us. The kisses he gave me before he left the house this morning. I don’t remember Monday being so lovely. I didn’t have any classes today so caught up on sleep and woke up to Emily’s call. We have been on video call for more than thirty minutes but I have barely said anything and couldn’t even