Weird behaviour
RENEE'S POV
I got up from staring the ceiling when I caught Bane's smell. In no less than a few minutes, the cabin's door opened then he entered while carrying a picnic basket.
He met my eyes and stopped by the door. "Good thing you're awake. You should be hungry, let's eat." he said, letting himself inside. He put down the basket beside me and came nearer.
To my surprise, he scooped me into his arms. "Wh-what are you doing?" I demanded, shocked with his gesture. This wasn't reality. This was probably a dream.
He didn't answer first, instead he took the basket and put it on top of me so I held it securely.
"I forgot to bring you shoes, so I'll just carry you outside." he explained as if it made perfect sense and that it didn't bother me. As I was about to protest, he lifted an eyebrow. "Non-negotiable, I'm not letting you walk barefoot."
It was my turn to sigh. I tried to calm my nerves down. Being this close to him was difficult for me. Our bodies in contact, the familiar electrical shocks worked their magic. His smell seemed to entice me some more, making me inch closer to him.
My heart was in a frenzy, and fortunately I was able to have more control over it, taking deep breaths just to slow it down.
I wondered if he felt the same, but I ignored the thought. He probably didn't. He has never loved me and right now he was pretending that he cared at me.
I held the picnic basket tightly so it wouldn't fall as he carried me to who knows where.
As he stepped outside, the sun made me squint my eyes instantly. I haven't been outside for a day ever since the attack from two nights ago. I have healed completely, good as new.
Bane and Albert didn't believe me when I said that I was completely fine, they weren't convinced till I showed that there were no more bruises, no bleedings and I didn't even have scars.
Still, they told me to stay in the cabin for now. I'm guessing they didn't want me to see the Carlo, that bitch for now and to be frank, I didn't want to meet her again.
I started recognizing the path that Bane was leading me to. He was bringing me by the waterfalls.
After a few minutes, we arrived and he put me down. Bane took the basket from me while I walked near to the water, appreciating the view and loving the serenity. I took a deep breath. The smell of the forest around and moist earth beneath enveloped my surroundings, but his scent overpowered it.
I turned back to look for him when I collided against somebody, none other than Bane of course. "Ow..." I rubbed my forehead.
"You're so clumsy," I heard him say, followed by a chuckle. My head looked towards him so fast, did I really just hear him laugh? A laugh that's free of intent to kill, free of mockery? A real actual laugh? The world must be ending soon. "Eat first." he said, turning around and walked towards a tree. Under the shade of it, I saw a neatly spread picnic blanket and food.
What is going on?
Why is Bane so nice all of a sudden? Does he feel bad for me?
Is he sick?
Still having the weird doubts in my head, I followed him nonetheless. As I sat down, he took a plate and put a sandwich and a few slices of fruit.
Definitely sick.
Poisoned maybe?
As he did this, all I could do was stare at him, baffled. He probably noticed me look, so he lifted his eyes to meet mine. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
My hand out of the blue reached out to feel his forehead while my other hand reached out for my own forehead. Hm, no. His temperature is normal.
"Cut it out, I'm not sick." Bane explained, a slight pout showed itself.
"Dayum. Our mate wis adorable", My wolf murmured in my head and I scoffed in reply. I knew Bane very well.
"Just making sure. You're not being yourself." I said.
"And what does 'being myself' exactly means?" Bane spoke as he took a bite of his own sandwich.
I shrugged my shoulders, thinking about it for a bit. "Well, normally you just ignore me. You don't really care if I'm hurt or not, if I've eaten or not. You only talk to me when it's necessary. Things like that." I say lightly, but it was true. That's how I've felt him treat me so far.
He was about to take a bite of his sandwich, but stopped when he heard what I said. "That's not true."
I shrugged it off. I didn't really care at this point. It hurt, sure. It hurt so much but I've come to realize that there wasn't much I could do. If Bane didn't want to accept me as his mate, okay. If he did, okay.
"I don't even know if the mate bond has any effects on you." I whispered to myself thoughtlessly.
When it dawned to me that he heard it, I stopped chewing and met his eyes. He was looking at me, a conflicted look painted on his beautiful face. "You have no idea how it affects me." he answered.
So it affected him. Props to him, he was good at hiding it. I nodded nonchalantly, wanting this conversation to end. I didn't want to talk about our broken relationship.
This was going no where. He will never love me. And the pack will never accept me as their luna.
They already had her.
"Are you angry at me?" he asked all of a sudden. I stared at him, his deep blue eyes hold a degree of intensity telling me that he was waiting for my answer. I thought about it for a while.
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