Chapter 18
“What do you mean?” I ask him as we walk towards the field.
“I know I told you that you didn’t have to stay with me but now I think that you should,” Colt says.
“No. Why?” As we walk towards Lauren, people around us stare. I am sure gossip has started.
“Because Cass…when Ezra jumped at you in the war room, he was trying to mark you.” “What!?”
“And I don’t think he is going to stop.”
I narrow my eyes at him. “Are you just saying this to get me to stay with you?”
“No. I am not. I am really concerned.” I can see it on his face. He is telling the truth.
“What is going on?” Lauren asks walking up to us.
“People are talking about you two.”
I sigh. “A lot has happened.”
“Cass, I think I have to talk to my dad again. Don’t go anywhere by yourself. Stay with your sister until I come back.” Colt says.
“Okay, okay. Go.” I tell him.
“I mean it, Cass.”
I give him an irritated nod. He is fussing a bit too much. After he leaves, I tell Lauren everything that happened.
“What the hell?! Now Ezra wants you?! What a f**king prick!” she says. I nod agreeing with her but she looks at me with concern. “How do you feel about that?” Some paragraphs are incomplete if you are not reading this novel on ALLMACWARE.com. Visit ALLMACWARE.com to read the complete chapters for free. “I feel nothing other than anger. I told you. I have no feelings towards him. No good feelings anyway.”
“Are you sure? He is your mate.”
“I am sure, Lauren. That ship has sailed. I want nothing with him.” “And with Colt?” At that question, I pause. “I don’t know.”
“You seem comfortable with him right now. “I am…I think I am. I like him but if I am honest, I am afraid. What if he changes his mind, also I still don’t understand why is he even interested in me like that. He wasn’t before all those years ago.” “Well, he had a mate then.”
“True…”
As we talk, two girls whispering walk by us staring at me. “Come on. Let’s go home where we can talk in private. And I have some things I want to show you.” She says looking excited.
When we get home, Lauren immediately gets out something from a bag.
“Tada!”
“Oh! That’s so cute! Did you make them?” I ask her. She holds small knitted baby booties.
“Yes! Obviously, we don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy so I made them in yellow and greens but look how cute
“And what if it’s a boy?” I ask.
“James.” She says and looks unamused. I laugh even harder now.
“Yeah, I get to push the baby out and he thinks he is going to name it? Nope.”
“Name what?” James asks walking in.
“The baby,” I say and he smiles.
“Princess and James!” He says with a cheer.
“No! We have not decided on this!” Lauren points a finger at him.
I laugh.
He sprints toward her and picks her up, twirling her around. “We will see about this, boss lady!”
I smile watching them. They are so in love. I always wanted something like they have but my own love story turned out to be a bit different. To have a loving mate is all a werewolf dreams about. My dreams were shattered a long time ago. They start k*ssing and I know that is my queue. I get up and go to my room where I stare at my stuff and debate whether Colt is being too rash. I don’t want to leave yet. And even more, I don’t want to just stay with him.
We have had a few nice moments but I still don’t know the guy.
As I am thinking this, I hear a commotion in the living room. I immediately come out and see Ezra and Kaecy. They both look out of breath.
“I couldn’t stop him,” Kaecy says.
“Listen to me…” Ezra says.
I back away as he takes a step towards me.
“Stay away,” I say.
“Wait. Just, listen. Let me…let me…” We can all tell that he doesn’t know what to say.
“What is going on?” James asks, looking at all of us. He is completely lost.
“Alpha Ezra, let’s sit and talk,”
Lauren says with a calm voice. She looks at me. “We can do that, right?” I can tell that she is concerned and so am I. If I say no, I feel like he might do something stupid. I nod.
Kaecy holds Ezra’s shoulder and takes him to sit next to him. Lauren and James sit on the sofa in front of his and I do the same though I stay at the furthest side. Ezra’s eyes are on me like a hawk.
“So, what brings you here, Alpha Ezra?” Lauren asks.
He doesn’t say anything and they turned out!” I clap with excitement. “I can’t wait till he or she is here! How excited is James?”
“Oh my gosh! He won’t stop talking about it. He is already looking for names.” I laugh. “What does he have in mind?”
Oh, Goddess! Don’t get me started. He wants to name her princess if it’s a girl. Like actually name her princess.”
I start laughing.
“It’s ridiculous!”