CHAPTER 38

CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT
“Mate?” I echoed his statement, eyebrow raised in amusement.

“Yes,” he covered the inches between us, then in a swift motion, tilted my chin as his gaze ran over my face delicately,” I was not mistaken and you have proved to be worth the wait. You have indeed grown up to be such a beauty and now that I’ve found you, you are going to be mine,”

Before I could come up with a sneaky reply, anger coursed through his face, his expression quickly morphing into an angry one as he seethed,” Why do you smell of another?” He paused, sniffed a bit then grew even angrier,” Why do you smell of Collins White?”

I attempted to slap his palm away but he was so damn strong,” Look, I have no bloody idea of who exactly you are or what you want from me, but get you hand off me and if you are really the Drake I’m looking for, then maybe we could talk because you and I are not exactly in the right place right now because there nothing I want more than you head on a platter,,”

His expression did not change but his eyes grew bloodshot red, fangs becoming visible as he growled,” Mine. You are fucking mine and I would kill anyone that comes close to you. Speaking of killing, I might have to get this wolf kid’s head because the stupid of his wolf is tainted all over you. Ah! What a bloody town this is going to be,” a wicked smirk touched his lips.

“Can you fucking let go of me weird guy?” I was not one to fear but this man, had rent an impeccable amount of dread in my body. But even entangled deep within the fear coiling against my stomach walls, was a very strange pull towards him. I was obviously not attracted to him but this pull was something else. It felt like we were sort of…connected in a strange way that I could not exactly answer.

“Oh, you haven’t changed. You are still the same feisty little kid I knew back in the day. Now that fate has finally brought you right back into my life, you are going to get back those memories they took from you. You….” The smirk deepened,” are going to remember about us. You are going to remember those good times and when all your memories are finally restored, I’m going to claim you as mine. Because you and I darling, makes a very dangerous team and you have no idea how much I like danger,” He stepped back, straightening his blazer,” Now I have a so-called Alpha to take care of,”

“Oh no, you don’t. You spring out of nowhere and start acting like you fit right in. I don’t give a fuck what happens to Collins,” I paused. Maybe that was terrible lie,” but nobody ever comes after my friend and lives to tell it. Nobody,”

He didn’t seemed fazed by my obvious threat which sort of reminded me of Collins. Was being this corky a werewolf thing?

“I’ll see you in a few minutes with his head, darling,”

“You are not killing anybody because you already took away my friend’s life. Trina is my best friend, my fucking sister and I have no idea how, but you going to make her human again. That hybrid thing you put on her, just take it away,”

A confused frown touched his lips, his attention,” She is not dead?”

“She is half-dead, okay? And all this because of you. Now be a good little hybrid and bring my friend back. I want her human and exactly how she was,” My lower lip trembled with anger. This hybrid man was the reason Trina was lying in a basement, looking like a bloody ghost ready to rip out someone’s head.

A smirk took over his face and that was beginning to annoy me more, “You are indeed my mate,”

Then just like that, he sped out of the café. When I turned to Sasha to vent, her lips were slightly parted,” Did he just…? Was he…? Oh my God! Is he the….?” She muttered incoherently.

“Just speak up Sasha,”

“That is the man who is your supposed mate? The man who turned Trina into a hybrid? I thought he’d be some old dude but he is a smoking, young man with an insanely corky attitude.”

“If he is actually the Drake I’m looking for, then yeah. Even in a million years, I would not go for a man like that. He is scary and he turned Trina into a fucking monster,” I counter

“I know. So what are we going to do now? We are clearly match to those people,”

“Right now, I’m just drained. What we need to do is check out at the hotel, call Mrs. Heathers and ask her for my house keys. We can’t live town with Trina like that and well, I guess the vacation here is the only option we have. We get settled in and wait for that call to see Trina,” I was already resigned to the fact that my life was doomed and not only that, I had dragged my friends into it.

“Wait, didn’t you hear him? He is going to kill Collins. You may not care about him except for sex but he is the only wolf guy we can trust. If we lose him, what the hell are we going to do with Trina?” I hated that she was right.

“Well, looks like we won’t have to go after him,” I said, my gaze falling on the entrance.

Collins along with Mrs. Heathers approached us, relief washing over Collins’ features when he spotted me.

“What are you both doing here?”

“You need protection,” Collins answered.

“Let me guess, from the Drake guy who just walked out of here a minute ago and was coming over to kill you?” I raised an eyebrow.

“What?”