JAYDEN
Say that again, I said. “She’s my Mate.” He repeated himself. As soon as the words left his mouth, I grabbed him by the collar. Say that again and I’ll rip you in half. I said through clenched teeth. He shook my hands off of him and took a few steps backwards. Don’t you see that you’re overreacting Jayden Evers? Do you have a problem with me? He asked. Yes, I have a problem with you. I don’t want to ever see you again with my Mate, not even near her. Catriona is my one and only mate. She doesn’t belong to anyone, not even you. You don’t have any right to call her your mate. I exclaimed.
He laughed out loud. “What is so funny?” I asked him. He pinched the bridge of his nose as he looked down.
This is going to be fun. I was going to reject her because she’s too human, but now it looks like I won’t anymore. I will take her to my kingdom, mark her and then mate with her. And from then she’ll be mine. And she’ll become the Luna of the blood moon pack. He said.
I couldn’t abide with any of his babblings, I shifted, ready to take the life out of him but he was first and shifted as well. Both huge wolves faced each other bark-growling. Before we could lunge and kill each other, there was a scream coming from another end of the building we are in. We both spun around to where the scream came from and just to see a horrified man. His screams were too loud but thank the heavens that it was still raining heavily so that his screams couldn’t be heard. We both stood still on our fours confused on what to do next….
“What do you think we should do about this human? I asked Gabe through a mind link. Of course kill him. That’s the only option we have here. If we don’t finish him he will go straight to the police and tell them what he saw. And we will all be discovered and we will all become their social experiments into their laboratories. He said. Is that your disguise? Can’t you be a little lenient Gabe? We can’t just kill him. I told him. If we don’t kill him then what will we do? As for me, my option is to kill him. Are you planning on taking him to your house and tie him up in your basement and mouth tape him for the rest of his life? He asked. How did you become an Alpha with such a soft heart Jayden? He asked. We both shifted to our humans and Gabe walked towards the still screaming human who looks like he’s about to pass out.
Shut up human, you’re killing my eardrums. Gabe said to him but the human was just continuing. Stop screaming, human if you still want to live. He raised his tone a little and the human was silent. Gabe we have to take him out of here before someone comes in here. I told him. Don’t worry about this, I know what to do. I’ll take care of him. Just go and attend to my mate. Give her some company until I return. He said. What’s wrong with you dude? Don’t call my mate your mate anymore. Unless you want to die. I said and he just shrugged me off nonchalantly.
He shushed the whimpering human and the human swallowed his whimpers still shaking with fear.
I thought I heard someone screaming…..
Someone said from outside. The man opened his mouth to scream but Gabe clamped them. If you scream again I’ll tear your every limb and throw it to the vultures. The man shook his head in fear. He was shaking so bad, scared that he almost lost his balance but Gabe steadied him.
What are you still doing here Alpha Jayden? He asked. Go outside and obstruct that other human from coming in here. I will make sure that this one shuts his mouth for the rest of his life, He said. I Iatched out of the damn building feeling sorry for leaving that man in Gabe’s hands. Gabe is a devil, a devil that has no heart when it comes to humans and to the ones who flouts him. All his pack members are scared of him because of his coldness towards them. And when it comes to women, he has no mercy with them. He treats them like whores. When i paid him a visit, i saw women running away trying to hide themselves from him. I heard them pitying whoever his mate will be. Alpha Jayden, he called me before disappearing out of the building, pulling me out of my thoughts. I turned around…
Here is not your territory Alpha Jayden, you shouldn’t walk around like that showing off your perfect ass to everyone. If you don’t put on some clothes, am afraid the nurses might rape you. He said. I’m done with your babbling bullshit. I said and exited without adding on another word.
Why is it raining so much today? I rushed in the car and throwed on a pair of jeans and a shirt and went back inside the hospital. I saw a lady from her back telling the security that she heard someone screaming. I just continued walking because I knew Gabe had already taken care of that mess.
I arrived at Catriona’s brother’s patient room and stood there for a minute. I knocked and their grandmother came out. She gave me a simple smile and I returned it.
I’m sorry if you came to see Catriona, she left a while ago. She said, Where did she go in this heavy rain? I asked. When I came earlier she was here. I told her, not believing what she’d just told me. In my mind I was thinking that maybe Catriona told her everything about what happened and she decided to hide her impeding me from seeing her.
She went back home, she wasn’t feeling well. Her grandmother said. I nodded.
Is it okay with you if you give me her home address? I need to talk to her, and it’s very urgent, I said.
Is there something wrong at work that she got afraid of telling me? She asked, getting worried. No, no. I mean yes, it’s about work. There’s a problem but it wasn’t her, someone framed her. So I am here to give her the proof that indicates that she’s innocent, but I need to give it to her personally. I lied to her because it’s the only way I had to use so that she could give me her home address. Let me hope that she’ll buy it and give it to me.
Ahh … Okay son, give me a minute. She said and walked back inside. This is a great chance we have to take her back, whether she likes it or not. My wolf said. I know that beast. I said and blocked him. The old woman came back with a small piece of paper in her hand and I smiled that she bought the lie. Wait son before I give you her address… Would you tell me what exactly happened? She asked.
I was quiet for a minute thinking of what to lie to her next.
“Erm….” You know it’s not my place to tell you if she didn’t tell you herself. That means she’s not ready or she doesn’t want you to worry about her. I said, waiting for her response.
You might be right. She said as she looked me up and down. But you don’t look like a colleague. Are you her boss or something else? She asked. No. She’s my co-worker. I answered. She nodded her head anyway but not convinced. “What do you do, because she didn’t tell me the kind of job she does and I didn’t get time to ask?” She asked.
Oh Lord, please give me a little patience because I am about to lose it. “Come on old woman, can’t you just give me the damn address without filling my head with questions? I muttered to myself in my head yet I wanted to spit it out, but again she’s my mate’s grandmother and I have to respect that..
Uhm, we work in clothing. I said. Okay then, here’s her address. Thank you for being a good colleague to her. She said. I gave her a smile, grateful for what she’d done. How’s her brother doing? I asked before I left. He’s doing much, much better now. We will be discharged very soon and I’ll stay with him at my house. She said. Do they live separately? I self-asked.
Catriona might not come back to the hospital. I’ll drive her back to the company and solve the problem before it gets dark. I said to her, Okay, okay son. Do that. Just tell her to call me once the problem is fixed. She said, Okay, I will. I replied and walked away and out of the hospital and into my car and drove off.
I arrived at the given address and parked my car. The neighborhood has countless houses and is very quiet. Everyone was inside their homes because of the bad weather. I got out of the car and crossed to her house. I knocked nervously waiting for her to open. “But why am I nervous? The door was opened. When she saw me her eyes widened with both fear and surprise.
“J a y d e n….. what are you doing here?” “How did you know where… ” I pushed myself inside and closed the door before she finished her sentence. She stayed still petrified.
Catriona, we need to talk about what you saw. I know your memory wasn’t effaced. So I am here to talk to you. She slowly turned around and faced me. How did you know that I was here? She asked. Before I could respond to her, she ran past me and grabbed the landline.
I’m calling the police if you don’t leave my house, this instant. She said.
I’m not going to hurt you Catriona. I just want you to hear me out. I said thinking that she was joking about calling the police but she was serious and dialled the number. I barreled over to her and yanked the landline from her hand and smashed it on the floor. She looked up at me with so much terror.
I said I won’t hurt you. Let’s just sit down and talk. I snapped.