CHAPTER FORTY

CHAPTER FORTY
NADIA’S POV
I paced about in the living room of my home which was quite a sizeable mansion. I should be taking in all the familiarity, touching all the stuff and my emotions being all over the place because I was finally home after fifteen years but no, I was in shock. It was six in the evening and after settling in, Mrs. Heathers and Sasha had gone to do some bit of shopping an hour ago and the Mrs. Heathers would remain in her coffee shop. I just wanted to be normal but what was left of normalcy in my life was slowly slipping into nothingness and I could not get a grip to it.

“Its no use pacing around Nadia,”

I stopped, facing Collins who was leaning by the counter of the open kitchen, watching me with a weary look, “Don’t you tell me what to do Collins. You have no idea how it feels like for life as you know it to take a sudden turn and you ain’t even got a second to breathe. Now not only am I supposed to be dead but I had a twin brother. Who knows what else is going to pop out next?” I threw my hands in the air, sighing in exasperation. I was fed up with this life.

He walked over, clasping my hnads,” You know what you need right now beautiful?”

“A million shots of tequila?” I raised my eyebrows.

“No, you need this,” he arms went around my waist, pulling me hard against his chest, as he guided my head to rest against him with his free palm.

“What the-“

“Not one more word from that pretty mouth of yours. Just shut your eyes and relax, “He ordered and I have no idea why but I just did as he asked, letting my eyes fall shut.

His palm silently massaged my hair, his other hand moving from my waist to my mid back, wrapping around it securely. He was right. I needed that hug and as I rested against him, I felt calmness sip through me. His erratic heartbeat was audible in my ear and suddenly I was aware of every part of my body pressed against him. I could feel his arm on my back, heat speeding through me and I was caught up in a swirl of uncontrollable tingles.

“You are feeling it too, aren’t you?” He whispered against my hair.

“Feeling what?” I whispered back, aware of my own heart beat quickening.

His palm slid to my arm, his fingers caressing the exposed part of my skin, sleeking softly over the threshold of skin, awakening all the pent up urge inside me. I leaned back from him, meeting his gaze for barely a second, before I planted my lips against his so roughly. The yearn coursed through me, spreading down my core, taking over whatever was left of my common sense. I fucking wanted him. His palms groped my ass cheeks as he carried me to the counter top, kissing me back with want. Something akin to a growl ripped through his throat, synching with the moan but that even hyped me more.

“Jeez! Get a room,” Why the fuck would Sasha choose to show up right now of all the time in the world?

I pulled away, color spreading on my cheeks as Collins smirked, half turning around to meet Sasha’s gaze,” What? Can’t handle a bit of wolf porn?”

I slapped his shoulder playfully,” Could you have a filter please?”

“A filter, huh,” he dragged the statement slowly, his index finger tracing its way across my bottom lip,” I forget what a filter is around you. Like right now, I want to smack your ass so fucking hard from the town’s clock tower and have you scream loudly for the entire fucking town to hear ,”

“What are you waiting for then Wolf man?”

“Fine you guys win. I’ll be up in my room but please keep it low,” Sasha said, already making her way to the room she had chosen to hers.

Collins was about to lock his lips with mine once again when he was thrown off me to the ground violently. I was barely recovering from that when I recognized the perpetrator.

“Drake,” I muttered under my breath, looking at the man who looked scarier than those ghosts in movies with his blood staining fangs out, dripping with blood that was also staining his white dress shirt he was wearing. The thought that he had been feeding on a human right before he stormed here was playing around with my stomach in a repulsive way. He growled as he grabbed Collins by the collar of his shirt, pulling him up, raising him till there were a few inches of space between Collins’s feet and the ground.

“Mine,” he growled in rage, flinging Collins across the room and that was when I screamed out in terror when I noticed blood sipping from a cut on Collins’s forehead and arm.

That distracted Drake as he turned to glance me, running his fingers over my chin,” You are mine, love,” But then a louder scream left my lips when I saw Collins ripping right through his clothes as he shifted into a werewolf. Drake grinned merely amused by the huge wolf with dark fur growling as he prepared to charge at him. I had never laid my eyes on a wolf that beautiful before and the more I stared at it, the more I wanted to reach over and just stroke it.

“You know damn well that she is fucking mine and you still have the audacity to come close to her,” Drake seethed as he glared at the wolf.

The wolf growled even louder as it charged toward the hybrid but Drake was quick as he kicked Collins. A loud scream pelted the air but it was not from me. It was not from me and my gaze fell on a pale Sasha standing at the top of the stairs.

“What the fuck is going on?” she questioned but the next moment disappeared back to her room. If I were in her shoes, I would be scared too.

I ignored that, turning my attention to the two warring parties. I need to end this before Collins got hurt. I would never forgive myself if something happened to him on an account of my crooked life that I was still trying to figure out. He rose from the ground, making a second attempt, charging towards Drake.

“Stop,” I screamed, stepping down from the counter,” both of you,” I added, glancing at both of them.

Collins stopped charging but he still growled, his eyes never leaving Drake.

“Well, then tell the wolf to get out right now or I might just be tempted to shred him into pieces,” he said.

I inched closer to him,” No, you get out of my house Drake. I have no single idea of who you actually are or what you want from me. You cannot just storm into my life and think that you can take control of it. I’m not your puppet Drake, so fuck off before I lose it, “I snapped.

“Oh darling, you have no idea about the Whites but I’ll give you a hint. Adrian, your twin brother. I’ll see you tomorrow when I seal our mate bond on your birthday,” he smirked then turned to the still growling wolf,” You stay away from her before this gets bloodier and we both know you cannot handle another hit on your pack,”

He sped out of the room, only the cold chills being witness to the fact that he had been here. I let out a shaky breath, sinking to the floor, with my back resting against the counter. I barely noticed when Collins shifted back, making his way to me and he was butt naked but for the first time I was not even distracted by the sight of his inviting huge manhood. I felt weary, tired and just sick of everything. Without saying a thing, he picked me up from the floor and slowly made his way up my room, laying me on the bed.