Chapter 14
He stares at my lips. This
makes me nervous. I feel like this is going to be a repeat of last night but we are not in a completely private place so anyone could walk in…then again, we were in the forest last night where anyone could have walked in as well.
I need to say something to
fill this silence and distract
him. “So, you seemed quite irritated with your siblings back there,” I say.
He finally looks away from
my lips.
“They know nothing of the
world. They live in their own bubbles and act like nothing
bad can touch them. Naive
kids.”
“You have been through a lot, haven’t you?” I whisper.
Quietly, he looks up at me
and nods. He looks so
vulnerable right now.
“And what you said about
mates…”
He looks down so I stop
from finishing my question.
His hands go through his
hair and then he looks up at
me again.
“I told my father and
everyone here that Skye died at the rade. But that was a lie.
She was taken prisoner just like me.” I stay quiet as he starts to tell me what
happened.
“Warrick…Alpha of the Dark
Fang Pack…”
Warrick? That’s his name? I
don’t think I have ever heard
- it.
“He has these groups of
women, three. They are all
his mates. He offers them
riches and an easy life. I can’t say if they all have been
willing but…Skye was.”
I hold my gasp. “Why would
she…she left you for him? But…you two seemed so happy.”
“I thought we were too but she only wanted me for what
I could offer. In her own
words, she said she didn’t
want to be with me anymore
because now I was a
prisoner, I could offer her
nothing. I was pathetic and
had no power. I promised
her that we would get out.
That I had a plan but…she
refused. She was drawn in by the power that Warren dangled in front of her. I
know that she was also hurt
and was not treated well but
she never got the worst of it, I did, I shielded her from it
all and then she threw me
away. The mate bond…our soul connection was nothing
to her.”
“No…she broke the bond?” I
am in shock as he nods.
“Yes.”
“I…How could she? Breaking
the bond while you were
officially mated could have
killed you! Why?… How
could she?”
He seems to relax a little as
he thinks. “Why? Same reason my brother betrays you, they are scum. People who don’t deserve the gift of
a mate.”
I feel so bad but I don’t think
it’s the same as me and Ezra.
It must have been worse for
him because he was already
mated to her.
“Did she…reject you?”
He closes his eyes. “She did but I was the one who didn’t
want to accept it. Not for a
while.”
It was different. Ezra didn’t
reject me because he wanted
to torment me while Colt
wanted to hold on to the one
he loved. Very different.
I feel so bad. “I…I’m so sorry, Colt…but, why are you telling me this? Why…me?”
“Because you are different than anyone else in this damn pack.” His whole demeanor has changed. He
looks, irritated and I am
starting to think that this is really him. He is angry but he shows a different person when he is in public. I feel like we are very much alike.
“Do you know what happens when a mate accepts the
mark of another while
already mated?” He asks. His jaw clenches and his fingers tighten around the glass he
has in his hands.
My eyes widen and I shake my head. “Is that…even possible?”
He nods. “It is. It’s a
temporary mark but it was
agony for me.”
I can’t believe someone would do that. Especially if they were already mated. I remember them together. They seemed so happy.
He looks at his glass.
“My soul died that day. I hate her. I hate her with all of my being for the pain she caused me. I hate them all, Cass.” He
looks at me and shakes his
head. “I won’t lie to you, I
want revenge. I want them
all dead.”
He means every single word
that comes out of his mouth.
It scares me but somehow, I
can’t blame him.
This intensity in him scares me. I can feel the anger in
him. But I hate the silence
more.
“How did you escape, Colt?” I ask also changing the subject from his mate.
He takes his glass to his lips and drinks all of the content
in it, then, takes the bottle of
alcohol and pours more into his glass, filling it completely to the brim.
“We didn’t. It was luck. We
were really captured by my
own pack. But for years, me and the boys had been
planning of ways to get out
and how to get back at
Warrick. We knew it wasn’t
going to be easy but we
didn’t lose hope. It was all we had to keep us alive.”
“Wait, you never tried to escape?”
“Of course I did. Once, and it
was when I first got
captured.”
“What happened?”
“It was a group of us and it was too easy, I knew it was too easy.” He pauses with a pained expression as he re–lives the memory. “Now I know that it was on purpose. They let all new recruits—as
they call those they freshly capture- make a run for it and when they capture them, they show them what
is done to those that try to
leave.”
“What did they-”
“They chained one of the men in the group that tried
to escape and then…they
dumped hot liquid silver on
him.”
I cover my mouth in horror.
“He didn’t die. Lived for
another year. They kept him
and those like him to be used
as an example in full display
in the middle of the
encampment field. They suffered horribly.”
This Alpha is a monster.
“This…” I don’t know what to
say. “He’s…horrible.”
“Mh…” He leans back on his
chair looking past me out of
the window and takes a sip of
his drink.
“He is a man with ambition
and a man like him with the
kind of ambition he has and
the power that he wields, is
the devil.”
“What is his plan?”
“I am guessing that he wants to take over all the packs. Be the one ruler. He is mad and
will destroy anyone that gets in his way.”
This scares me and he can
see it.
He leans in and holds my
hand. “I will stop him. WE
will stop him. I want this fight to end. It is about time someone put a stop to him.”
“So you have a plan?”
He nods. “But nothing you have to worry about now. Don’t you have more dusting to do?”
I narrow my eyes at him and
he smiles. It is a tender smile
that really makes my heart
beat faster.
“Well…yes I do and I’d
probably be done if you
wouldn’t have distracted me.”
“Ah, so I am a distraction?”
I get up and take my duster
from the table. “Never said it
was in a good way.”
I walk towards the door but
he calls for me.
“Cass.”
I turn around and wait for
him to talk.
“There is a lot that I have to
tell you. Things that concern you. But…I don’t think now
is the right time. Forgive me. I will tell you when the time is right.”
I am very surprised by this because what in the world
could it be? What does he
know about me that I don’t
know? And why? How?
He stares at me waiting for a
reaction or an answer.
I stay silent, searching for a response. He has confided in me today. He has told me things that he has not told
others. So…I am going to
choose to trust him.
I nod. “It’s okay.”
I turn to leave but he speaks
again.
“Oh, and one more thing.”
“Yeah?” I turn back to him.
“Be ready soon. You are
going to be my Luna.”
“What?!” I blurt out.
He turns around and stares
out the window again while enjoying his drink. “You
heard me.”
I stand there stunned. He’s
not serious. He can’t be. No.
He’s messing around. He has to be.
“Colt…” I call for him but he
doesn’t turn.
“Go finish your duties,
Angel.” He says in a soft tone
but he continues to stare out
the window as he finishes his
drink.
I shake my head and leave the room but I decide that I
am done with this dusting crap. I don’t think anyone is going to notice if the
curtains are dusted or not. I
walk out to the hall and head
to the dining room. Before going in, I peek inside and see that it is empty. I then make my way to the kitchen
and outside where I take a huge breath of fresh air and welcome the sun on my skin.
I felt a bit stuffed while I was
in there.
I see Lauren in the distance
and walk to her.
“Hey, where have you been?”
She asks.
“Uh! They had me dusting inside the pack house.”
“Dusting? Why?”
“Well, Colt wants to try something new with the
Omegas and Gammas.”
She stares at me with
confusion. “…Colt?”
“Yeah. Why do you look at
me like that?”
“Cause you do not call
anyone on the Alpha or Beta families by their name other
than Ezra or Bryn but it’s because you like to piss them
off.”
“I–I don’t do it on purpose.‘
“Oh yes, you do.”
I look up, thinking and maybe she is right. It does piss Bryn off that I don’t call her Alpha like I do with Kaecy and Miles and I do enjoy it when she is pissed.
I shrug my shoulders but she
ignores me now looking at
the distance past the field of crops. “What is happening there?”
I look in the direction she
stares and I see Dash and
Ezra having a heated
conversation.
“Oh oh…”
I look around and no one
else has noticed them.
Lauren and I walk closer.
The closer we get the more
we hear them shout and now
we sprint towards them.
“Because it’s none of your
damn business! I’ll do
whatever the f**k I want and
talk to whoever the f**k I
want!” Dash shouts.
“I don’t give a shit that you are my brother’s friend! Touch her again and I will rip you apart!”
“Touch her?! What the f**k
are you talking about?!” Dash
asks confused.
“You know damn well!” Ezra
says.
Oh shit…oh shit…
“Then you are f**king crazy
if you think I put my hands
on her but why does it even
matter. You don’t want her!”
Ezra grabs him by the shirt
and they both start to show
signs of their wolf coming to
the surface.
“Stop!” I shout. “It–it wasn’t
him!”
I grab their attention and
they both look at me.
“I know it was him!” Ezra
growls.
I shake my head. “It wasn’t!”
Dash looks at Ezra and then
at me and suddenly,
something seems to click in
his head.
Dash grabs Ezra’s hands and he pulls himself off his grip.
“Don’t you f**king touch me again,” Dash says. “You have no idea the things that I have done and what I am capable
of.” He lets Ezra go and walks away from him.
As he walks past me, he gives me a side smile and
whispers. “I have a bone to pick with your little lover.”
My eyes widen knowing that he is talking about Colt. He
figured it out fast but I also quickly look at Ezra afraid that he heard him. However,
he is too distracted by his
own anger, cursing Dash out.
Once Dash is behind me,
Ezra now zones in on me. I
can feel the anger oozing
from him.
“You…” His hands turn into
fists but then he forces
himself to loosen them
again. He grinds his teeth as he looks at me and then just growls and walks away
cursing.
“Do you…care to explain?”
Lauren suddenly asks. I
completely had forgotten
that she was even here.
I give her an awkward smile. “Hehehe…no.” I quickly walk away but she follows.
“Cass!”
I walk fast back to the field
but she is not letting it go.
“Cass.”
“Ay! Fine! Come here.”
She gets really close.
“So…well, someone kissed
me and well Ezra felt it and
that was it.”
She gasps. “WHO! WHO
WAS IT! I MUST KNOW
NOW!”
I start laughing. “Seriously?!”
“This is the juiciest gossip so yes! Seriously! And also…serves him right. I hope he felt it in his core!
But seriously, who was it?
Was it that guy?”
She points to where Dash
left.
I shake my head. “No.”
“Then who–wait…wait…”
My eyes widen. She couldn’t
have figured it out!
“Wait a godang minuet!” She says and then stares at me without saying anything. I
am sure I look stupid right
now with the way I am
looking at her.
