I got up from my seat and looked around for Cain, but I couldn’t find him. So finally, I was ready to leave, needing to get out of this dress yesterday. Walking around, I continued looking everywhere for him, but he was nowhere in sight, and now I was becoming frustrated.
I spotted Calyx sitting at a table with a few others, and I quickly strode over to him. Finally, I reached the table, and everyone’s attention was now on me.
I looked at Calyx. “Hey, have you seen Cain?” I quietly asked him.
His eyes were shifty, looking everywhere but at me. “Uhm, yeah, I saw him go that way earlier.” He nodded towards a hallway on my left. “Why not just wait here with me till he gets back.” Calyx was acting weird and suspicious. What is he hiding?
I scowled at him. “Where is he, Calyx?” I asked sternly, my wolf on edge.
Calyx sighed heavily. “He went that way…… with Eve.” He said, defeated.
My breathing hitched for a beat. “What?” I shouted.
I turned around and stomped in the direction Calyx had pointed out. I could hear him behind me, calling for me to come back, but I needed to know why Cain had left me alone to run off with his ex. I looked around the hallway, and there were a few doors. However, the door near the end of the hall was slightly open, and I could hear voices. I slowly approached the room and peeked inside. Only to see Cain and Eve standing way too fucking close to each other.
“Cain, please just one last time? That’s all I ask.” Eve whined as she clung to his shirt.
He shoved her hands off him. “No, Eve, I won’t do it.” He glared down at her.
“You haven’t even marked her yet. So, there wouldn’t be any consequences, and from what I’ve heard, she won’t let you mark her.” She said arrogantly.
Cain gripped her wrists. “Who told you that?” He asked, snarling.
Eve shook her head slowly. “It doesn’t matter, please just once more?” She pleaded again. What does she want him to do?
His shoulders sunk, and Cain stared down at her with sympathy and……love? Then she stood on her tippy toes and kissed him, wrapping a leg around his waist. He gripped her leg to steady her, and his other hand rested on her back as they deepened the kiss. It felt like the air had been sucked from my lungs, and I couldn’t breathe; everything felt like it was collapsing around me.
I gasped, and that caught the attention of Cain and Eve. They both turned to me, Cain horrified to see me, as his eyes widened. Eve grinned at me from ear to ear, proud of what she had done. Tears began to well in my eyes as my wolf snarled within me. I refused to let him see how he affected me, so I ran.
I could hear Cain yell my name, but I just kept running and ran out the first door I saw. I burst through the doors and into the cool summer night. I needed to get away, from here and from him. I honestly thought things were taking a turn for the better, that I was getting to know a different man and that he really was my mate, but I was a fucking fool.
I dashed towards the woods and ran through the trees. The branches ripped my dress, tussled my hair and beat my body, but I didn’t care; I just focused on running as far as I could. In the distance, I could hear voices shouting my name, but I tuned them out and focused on my path as I shifted into my wolf. Her beautiful fur shined from the moonlight as her paws thudded against the forest floor. We whizzed through the trees, dodging and ducking the low-hanging branches, feeling free in this moment. After running for a bit, I shifted back to my human form and leaned against a tree as tears threatened to spill.
I began punching the tree, needing an outlet, even though this poor tree hadn’t done anything wrong to me. I screamed at the top of my lungs in rage, but during my temper tantrum, I heard branches breaking around me. I stilled, shit! Did he find me already?
A shadow stepped into the light. “Hello again, beautiful. What brings you out here?”
Demetrius? “It doesn’t concern you, and what the hell are you doing out here?” I snapped. How did he get onto Cain’s territory again?
He smirked. “Why, I’m looking for you, of course,” Demetrius said as if it was apparent.
“And what the fuck do you want with me?” I snarled, my wolf still so close to the surface and my patience wearing out.
Demetrius chuckled. “Snappy, snappy, are we in a mood this evening?” He smiled deviously.
I growled at him, “Watch it! I’m not in the mood. What do you want? And how did you get onto Cain’s territory again? He increased border patrols.”
He shrugged. “I’m a vampire darling; I have my ways. And I thought you wanted to get away from here? From him?”
I stood there silently, unsure of how to answer him. I did want to get away from Cain at first, but then things started to change, and so did my decision. Now, I wasn’t sure what I wanted, especially after witnessing him and Eve together.
He raised a brow. “Oh, have we changed our mind now? Have your feelings changed for him?” Demetrius pursed his lips.
I straightened myself. “No, I haven’t changed my mind.” I lied, “I still want away from here and especially from him, but I don’t want your help!”
I didn’t know what he wanted from me, and I wasn’t willing to do whatever it was. Particularly after discovering what he was and how much of a threat he was to me.
“Why not? I can very easily help you?” He mused.
My brows pulled together as I narrowed my eyes. “Why do you want to help me? And even if I agreed, what do you want from me?” I was growing tired of his games.
“I told you before; I want to help because I simply want too and I only need you to do one simple favour for me.” Demetrius grinned.
“And? What would that be?” I asked hesitantly.
He grinned menacingly. “Don’t scream.”
I wrinkled my nose in confusion. “What?”
Then, the reality of the situation hit me, he didn’t want to help me, and there was nothing he wanted me to help him with; Demetrius was just tricking me and gaining my trust, this was about something else, and now, I was in danger. Demetrius began taking long strides towards me, and I carefully backed up. Then, I knew what was about to happen, and my wolf began to stir, hackles rising, ready to fight.
“Come any closer, and you are dead, I promise you that.” I glared at him, and Demetrius just smiled.
I was about to shift when suddenly, Demetrius was beside me, and everything went black.