CHAPTER 43

CHAPTER FORTY THREE
NADIA’S POV
The early morning rays filtered through the beige curtains, reflecting on the while walls that seemed like they had been recently repainted just as I opened my eyes. As I lay there on the pretty comfy bed, studying the ceiling for some unknown reason, three things felt strange. One, I was back home, with barely any memories of my childhood. Just three days ago, I had no memory left of what it felt like to be home and now suddenly I was here for God knows how long. Two, being around werewolves suddenly did not feel as shocking as it should feel. Of course initially I had been so shocked, trying to wrap my head around all this new information but now t felt…normal. Third, today was my twenty fourth birthday and it just did not feel like it.

I yawned, stretching as I stepped out bed, my gaze briefly falling on a few old town’s papers I had found in the attic, sprawled on my desk. None of them had anything on family but what disturbed me the most was why I could not remember about having a twin brother. Not just that, there was barely any photo that my twin brother was on. Maybe Mrs. Heathers was right when she claimed there was a portion of my memories that were taken or whatever the hell that even meant. But what if I had partial amnesia? I was not giving into the pressure of having my memories retrieved by a witch or whatever they were. If I could snoop around the town a little, I could I could find something that would trigger the missing memories.

I made my way to the window, my gaze falling out to the quiet town. I was not used to so much quietness early in the morning and it was pretty refreshing. This would have been the perfect time to sit down, put some music and write but as it happened, I had way too much on my plate to even think about writing. It was a good thing I had sent my agency an email beforehand about being on a small vacation.

Eventually I moved my rather weary body to the bathroom and after cleaning up, I pulled on a pair of jeans and a red checked shirt, my hair tied up in a messy bun before I made my way downstairs. Three of the wolves that had been guard the entire night were asleep on the couch. Dang! I need to replace those couches and pretty much just about everything in this house. The other two wolves were outside the house. I made myself a quick cup of coffee, stifling a few yawns in between. Sleeping at two in the morning after such a long day had not been exactly the best idea but I needed the answers and seeking for something to remind of how my past was a better distraction from thinking about Trina. It felt like I had no idea of anything, including my own family.

The coffee did help me and once I was done, I went upstairs, grabbed my phone, a notebook and a pen, stashed them in my one bag before walking back downstairs. I was about to reach for the door when it open, my gaze meeting Collins. How on earth could man look like a whole snack at this time of the morning when he was only in dark slacks and a short sleeved shirt that kissed every inch of toned upper body?

“Going out?” he questioned, one eyebrow quirked up in a rather sexy way.

“Morning to you too Collins and yes, I’m going out. I can’t stay cooked up in this house forever, now can I?” I shrugged.

“You do remember there is a hybrid out there to get you, right?”

“Of course I know that and I believe he would not hurt me. I have no idea why and I can nether explain it. So I’m going to head to the town’s library and try to get as much information as I can on my family and probably visit the hospital and see if I could find out any information about my supposed twin brother,”

“You cannot just-“I stopped him.

“I’m not some vulnerable woman Collins and I can handle just about anything that comes my way. You and I, it’s just sex and stop acting like I’m responsibility,”

“You didn’t let me finish. As I was saying, you cannot just leave without telling me. I’m not trying to control you Nadia but be damn sure that I‘m not going to let you walk around town right into danger. Besides, you’ll need a tour guide in this. You’ve been gone for God knows how long and this is not the same town you grew up in. You’d need someone to show you around and get you into the right places with ease,”

“When you put it like that, I guess you make a pretty good point. So I’m guessing you’d the one playing tour guide?”

He chuckled,” Not today. I doubt if we’d make through a whole hour without me pushing you against some wall. I’ll call Danny to drive you around. You remember Danny, right?”

“Yeah,”I could not hide the disappointment churning through the pit of my stomach.

Unexpectedly enough, he grabbed my waist, jerking me towards him, my heart instantly picking up speed. I both hated and loved how I got breathless every time our bodies were that close. A smirk curled up his lips as he leaned down towards me, his lips pausing barely inches away from mine,” Don’t be so disappointed because as soon as this whole fiasco is over, our bodies we’d be doing all the action and talking. And that is one promise I’m not going to break, Love,”