Chapter 20

There it was again, 'I love you'. Why is he saying this? Why is he doing any of this?

"You don't love me Tommy, you don't even know me. We spent a special time together I admit but that was it!" I spit back at him.

"You can't feel it as strongly yet, that's why. You just got your wolf back, so the power of our mate bond doesn't fully affect you yet. But I feel everything! I can hear your heartbeat from a mile away, I can smell your scent everywhere at school. I want to be near you every second, but I can't!" Tommy says.

This was hurting me more; I could not stop the whimpers coming from me as I let the tears fall freely. Why is he doing this now? Let me go. LET ME GO!

"Tommy please." I say between my cries. "You are making this harder."

"Maya, I need you to believe me. I am trying to protect you, all I wanted was to protect you. I swear!" He says.

I turn away from him, I can't hear any more. I don't want to listen anymore. Before I can tell at him to leave, my phone goes off. I look at it to see that James is calling, thank goddess! I need to get out of here.

"James?" I say answering the phone walking toward my room and shutting the door leaving Tommy alone in the other room.

"Maya? Your voice sounds weird, are you ok?" He asks me.

I hear the door handle of my bedroom rattle and Tommy is knocking on the locked door begging me to let him in.

"Tommy is here and I don't know I am just so overwhelmed and confused." I say into the phone.

"I'll come get you, ok? Come down I'll be there in a couple of minutes." He says before hanging up.

I turn to see how I can get out of here. I don't want to face Tommy, not now. I feel like my mind is racing in a thousand directions and the floor is breaking beneath me. I just need to get out of here.

My phone pings and it's James saying he is downstairs. How do I get out? It sounds like Tommy is not by the door anymore, so I crack the door and I see him in the kitchen. His back is turned to me, so I tip toe out trying sneak out. I don't even bother putting my shoes on. I grab them and my wallet and open the front door quickly rushing out. I run to the elevator and beg it to come faster, it opens and I rush inside. Before the door closes Tommy runs toward me, but he is too late. I already know he is running down the stairs to reach the bottom floor before I do but I won't let him stop me.

The elevator door opens, and I make my way to the exit and I feel a hand grab my arm.

"Maya where are you going?" Tommy asks with worry written all over him.

"I need to get away from here!" I tell him pulling my arm from his grip and walking out the front door where James is leaning against his car.

"Tommy." He says with a nod turning and opening the passenger door.

"Maya you are seriously leaving with him? Why won't you just let me explain?" Tommy says watching Maya climb into the car.

"Because Tommy, you are not explaining to me! You are confusing me! You say you want me to trust you, well I don't! How could I? You haven't done anything to prove to me I can, we are strangers Tommy. I felt something for you, but I was stupid I see that now. I need to leave, and I won’t get in your way." I say firmly to him shutting the door and James pulls the car away leaving Tommy watching after us.

I let out a shaky breath once we are stopped at the next light.

"That bad huh?" James asks suddenly.

"I am not sure what it is. I'm not sure of anything." I say laying my head back against my seat looking out the window.

The motion of the car soon lulls me to sleep and I see it again in my dreams, the wolf with the different colored eyes. He walks toward me and this time I reach a handout in front of him, and he walks forward leaning his head into my touch. It feels so real, and strange like I know this wolf. He looks up to me and says, 'You are in danger! Run away!' He says in my mind.

A bump in the road knocks me awake and I take a quick look around. Where are we?

"James? Where are we going?" I ask.

He doesn't answer. I turn to look at him and he has a neutral look on his face.

"James?" I ask a little more panicked.

"You should have trusted him, Maya. Because maybe you would have had a chance." He says in a voice that sends fear into me instantly.

My heart is beating so loud I cannot hear anything else. I try not to show my panic, but I look at the door and try to open the door.

"Maya, you may not believe this, but I really did try to save you. But he wants you bad, he is obsessive, and I knew he would find you eventually." He says expressionless still.

"W-who?" I ask even though I know the answer.

"The Alpha has been going crazy trying to get to you. You were not meant to survive, but how could anyone kill you if they say you? You are the most beautiful girl I had ever seen, so you got to live. I couldn't do it. I told him you got away and I couldn't find you, but it's because as soon as I saw you I fell for you. But now there is nothing I can do, this is my last chance to save myself, I'm sorry." He says finally looking at me.

"What are you saying?" I ask trying to understand. "Were you...the man who killed my parents...was that you?" I ask with urgency.

"Yes." He said simply. "I had orders to kill your whole family, but I couldn't kill you. I wanted to see you again. I needed to see you again." He says reaching over and brushing his thumb across her face which made her flinch and pull away.

This seemed to only anger him, and his hand opened into a palm that came fast across my face. I yelped from the sudden action and whimpered slightly from the stinging pain on my cheek. I raise my hands to cover the red and throbbing part of my face and shoot an angry glare at him. I had never felt the anger like I felt right now, something inside me snapped.

'Leah?' I say to my wolf.

'I have your back!' She replies.