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Damian's lips curved up into a smirk and I
suddenly noticed my brother was actually
attractive...and he damn well knew it. His
eyes sparkled and he pulled her tiny body
into him.
"Pleasure to meet you," he flashed his pearl
white teeth at her and Ellie swallowed
looking mesmerised.
Zane let out a growl and grabbed Ellie then
yanked her quickly behind him.
"Back off my cousin Matthews," Zane
warned.
Damian glowered at him and I sensed an
impending fight so I cleared my throat.
Three pairs of eyes fell on me and suddenly
Damian's expression turned smug and he
dragged me into his side.
"Stay away from my sister Thomas," Damian
retorted calmly.
Zane looked torn, torn between wanting to
keep his cousin away from the rival Alpha
and evidently wanting me. A loud exhale
escaped his lips and his strong jaw
clenched tightly.
"May want to think it over Thomas...don't
want to make the wrong decision," Damian
taunted.
Damian turned to face me, his eyes pleading
with me to listen to him for once.
"Let's go home Alexis," he said, his voice
determined for the sake of Zane.
I could easily say no...but if I said no then
Zane would keep Ellie away from Damian as
my brother would have no hold over Zane.
As much as we hadn't gotten along at the
start, I didn't want him to be tormented
like that. Damian deserved his mate and if I
could help him get her then I would. Even if
it meant standing against my own. I nodded,
seeing a relieved smile spread across
Damian's face before he turned it smug and
wrapped a strong, muscular arm around my
slender shoulders.
"See you later Thomas," Damian said with a
barely concealed smirk.
His eyes fell on Ellie and I saw them cloud
over in desire for a moment before he shot
her a wink and a dirty smirk. I had to fight
the snort that wanted to escape when I saw
her cheeks darken, Damian just smirked
arrogantly.
"See you later Alex," Ellie said softly.
"See you later Ellie," I replied.
Damian walked me out the room then guided
me down the rickety stairs and out of the
house. I didn't look back at Ellie's house as
Damian and I crossed the road, I guess I
didn't want to see the broody blond male
that would surely be stood looking out the
window with a scowl plastered across his
handsome face. Relief hit me when I
entered the cover of the woods, I could
feel Zane's cold eyes burning into my back
and it made me feel guilty for walking out on
him. My brother and I walked through the
forest in silence, both of us lost in our own
thoughts. Damian was the first to break it.
"Thanks for taking my side Alexis."
He sounded genuinely grateful and I smiled
as I ducked under a low branch.
"It seemed like you and Ellie had something.
We may not always get on Damian but you
are my brother and I will look out for you,"
I said quietly.
Glancing at him, I found he was smiling
affectionately down at me, like an older
brother would look at his younger sister...it
made me feel loved. Not another word was
spoken but he slung his arm round my
shoulders again and pulled me gently into his
side. The little brotherly action choked me
up. The guilt over my deception was
nonexistent at the start but slowly it felt
like more and more was being added by my
brothers actions, making my secret grow
heavy over me under the weight of their
adoration and care.
"Damian I lied to you," I said awkwardly, not
able to stop it bubbling up and spilling out.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

I spun to face Zane and saw him staring at
her in astonishment then anger flashed
across his face, his jaw clenching and his
hands balling into his fists. He was fighting
with his wolf.
"You know him Ellie?" I asked, pointing at
Zane.
Ellie didn't seem to hear me as she
continued staring wide eyed, frightened, at
Zane. Zane stepped towards her slowly and
looking a lot like a predator stalking his
prey.
"Zane," I said softly.
Much like Ellie, Zane ignored me and moved
over to her. He cupped her pale face in his
large hands and stared into her baby blue
eyes. She gulped and tugged on her baggy
jumper, a sign of nerves. Ellie always wore
either baggy knit jumpers and worn out
shorts or jogging bottoms and baggy t-
shirts when she was at home or painting.
Zane tentatively brushed a strand of curly
blonde hair out her eyes and smiled
adoringly at her making my heart clench in
jealousy.
"Zane," Ellie whispered.
"Ella-Marie," he whispered back.
My jaw went slack and my eyes bulged. Ellie
was Zane's runaway cousin?!
"Woah, hold the hell up," I said holding up
my hands.
Yet again I was ignored. This is getting
annoying. Looking for support, I turned to
see Damian however I found him staring
affectionately at Ellie...or should I say Ella-
Marie. I cocked my head to the side and
stared at the scene in front of me in
growing amusement. Well this is getting
interesting.
"Why did you leave Ell?" Zane asked softly,
"I missed you so much."
Bad boy has a heart, who saw that coming?
Ellie stared him down and her eyes suddenly
turned hard. Oh no...bad sign...maybe this
happy ending will have to wait.
"I didn't belong there did I?" Ellie growled.
Zane clenched his jaw and looked away to
calm down, obviously reliving bad memories.
"Come home and we'll discuss this-"
"Come home? This is home right here.
Discuss it? More like you'll yell at me and
manipulate me until you get what you want,"
Ellie yanked his hand off her cheek and
stepped away from him angrily.
Zane went to speak but Ellie suddenly
turned to face me.
"How do you know Zane?" she inquired.
"She's my mate," Zane answered for me.
Damian tensed and a low growl built up his
throat. I went to speak to him but
remembered last minute that I 'didn't
know' about any supernatural stuff.
"We're not friends Zane," I said coyly.
I gave Zane a warning look that Ellie picked
up then contorted my face into a befuddled
one quickly for Damian's benefit. I glanced
at Damian and found him trying to contain
his fury at Zane, his eyes flickering
between his normal colour and a slightly
terrifying black.
"So...Damian...have you ever met Ellie?" I
said brightly before blinking, "I mean Ella-
Marie."
Somehow I knew she'd calm him down, if I
wasn't mistaken they were mates. Sure
enough his blue eyes fell on her and
softened.
"I'm Damian Matthews," he said holding out
his large, tanned hand for her.
Ellie smiled shyly, making me blink...since
when is Ellie shy? Biting her lip, she
stepped forward to slip her small hand into
his and he seemed to cradle her hand
tenderly.
"Ella-Marie Brenton, or Ellie as people now
know me," Ellie greeted him softly.

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“Disturbing,” I evaluated.
“What I was going for,” Ellie said with a
crooked grin, “anyway what’s up?”
“Mates,” I whinged.
Ellie chuckled and seemed to be debating
which brush to use next.
“Go on, tell me your problems and I’ll tell ya
mine,” she joked.
"It's just annoying, it's like mate with your
mate or nature will step in and force you
to," I complained.
"You know all it does is drag out the
emotions you try to hide," Ellie murmured.
"Huh?"
"You hide the anger at him and those
flirting with him but mating brings it out
and makes you experience it. You ignore the
attraction but again it makes you admit it. If
you wasn't attracted to him, there would be
no effect on you but you are attracted to
him so it just enhances it," Ellie said with a
smirk.
"Great," I muttered darkly.
Ellie started laughing and went back to
painting. I gazed around the white room to
find breath-taking paintings everywhere,
they were absolutely stunning, Ellie was
really gifted. There was a loud knock on the
door and Ellie huffed so I got up with an
amused smile to go answer it. I jogged down
the stairs and flung the door open to come
face to face with Zane and Damian.
“What are-“
“Whose house is this?” Damian demanded.
“Is it a guy’s?” Zane snarled.
Both pushed past me and stormed up the
stairs so I ran after them in surprise after
slamming the door. I burst into the room to
find Ellie wasn’t in here but the guys were
looking around seemingly crazed.
“Whose house is this?” Zane asked angrily.
“Mine,” Ellie announced as she stepped
inside.
We all whirled to face her and I saw her go
pale.
“Zane,” she gasped.

Oohh, what the hell?

What do you want next?

Alexis vs her Father...

Attraction towards Zane? (Do you want
cocky Zane or sweet Zane?)

Damian to find out the truth?

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
MYSTERIOUS ELLIE?

“Does me being half naked distract you?” he
tormented.
I bared my teeth at him and he just grinned
wickedly.
“Why are my brothers bothering you?” I
demanded.
“They’re playing games with my pack-“
“Games? Like snakes and ladders?”
Zane glowered at me, “mind games.”
I made my mouth into an ‘o’ then shrugged
carelessly.
“What of it?” I inquired.
“Tell them to respect the boundary lines or
we’ll attack,” Zane hissed before storming
off.
“Woah, chill the hell out,” I murmured
before slamming the door.
When I spun around I found my Father
stood there and I jumped.
“Dude, not cool,” I said sulkily.
“Why don’t you like me Alexis?” Father
inquired.
I curled my upper lip in distaste and glared
at him.
“We both know why,” I snapped.
“Your Mother?” he checked.
“Yeah,” I affirmed.
“For leaving her?” he questioned.
“No...for what you did to her...but you’ll find
out about that soon enough now won’t you?”
I said darkly.
Father frowned and I smirked before
grabbing a jacket then stalking out the
house leaving the front door wide open.
I jogged through the forest for a while,
trying to calm down. He infuriated me. I can
honestly say I loathe my Father.
Sadistic...horrible...disgusting....
“Get away from my territory,” Zane
ordered.
I stepped round a few trees and found
Zane and Damian arguing.
“I have every right to be as close to the
boundary line as I like as long as I don’t
step over it,” Damian taunted him.
“Step over it, make my day,” Zane dared
him.
“And have me kick your ass?”
“As if-“
“Immature children,” I admonished.
They both looked up at me and looked
embarrassed.
“Bloody hell,” I grumbled before turning
and jogging off.
Again I jogged for a while, no real
direction in mind. I looked up as I heard
cars driving past and found myself at the
edge of the forest by a road. Thinking back
to my conversation with Ellie earlier today I
checked the street name then grinned to
myself. Walking across the road, I found a
small building and slipped down the side to a
small green door. I raised my hand then
knocked loudly and I was about to do so
again when it was flung open to reveal a
dishevelled, paint splattered Ellie.
“Alex,” she greeted me cheerfully before
dragging me into a hug.
“Hey Ellie,” I said with a smile.
“When I said visit me whenever you want...I
didn’t think you’d visit so soon. I’d have
cleaned the place up if I knew you were
coming,” Ellie said, mirroring my wide smile.
“You never clean,” I retorted.
Ellie laughed and stepped to the side to
allow me through. I wandered up some
rickety stairs and into a small studio where
a huge canvas was sat in the middle covered
in dark looming trees. A small girl, with
haunting eyes, in an olden day white dress
stood in the middle clutching a teddy bear.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

ALEXIA POV
I stretched out on my settee and yawned.
My phone buzzed and I held it up to my ear.
“Hey kid,” Ellie sung into the phone.
“Ellie,” I said with a grin.
Ellie lived next door to us for two years
with her Aunt before leaving a month
before my Mother died. My Mum and Ellie
were fast friends, even though Ellie is two
years older than me, because Ellie was also
an artist and she was a werewolf. Now that
I thought about, I swear she moved
somewhere around here.
“How are you coping?” she asked softly.
I’d told her about my Mother and she’d
shown up for the funeral but had to return
for her art show.
“I’m...doing well,” I said quietly.
“Did you move in with your Father?” she
inquired gently.
I ran my tongue along my teeth and cleared
my throat.
“Yes,” I replied.
We were both silent for a while.
“I’m guessing that’s not easy,” she finally
spoke up again.
“It’s not too bad actually, I’m filled with an
intense hatred for my Father but...I guess
my brothers’ aren’t all that bad,” I
confessed reluctantly.
Ellie chuckled and I heard her moving
about.
“So where are you based?” she questioned.
I gave her my address and heard her laugh.
“What?” I demanded.
“I’m living like two streets away,” she said
with a giggle.
“What the...?”
I rolled off the couch onto my feet and
looked at myself in the mirror. I was
wearing grey sweatpants that hung low on
my hips and a tight purple crop top. Tying
my hair into a high ponytail I clicked and
flashed out my lamp. Striding downstairs, I
inconspicuously sniffed and found no new
scents. Everyone was out. There was a
knock and I tensed. This is like a horror
movie scene, girl alone in a big house when
there’s a knock on the door so she opens it
and BAM...serial killer. I shook the strange
thoughts out my head and cautiously
unlocked the door then pulled it open to
find...a murderer...well Zane...but I’d have
preferred the murderer.
“What do you want?” I asked in frustration.
“You should be nicer to your mate,” Zane
muttered.
I scoffed and opened the door wider to get
a good look at him. He was only wearing
black basketball shorts and trainers...holy
cheese. I gulped and felt myself heating up,
control yourself Alex, control is the key
here. Zane had his eyes closed and was
massaging his temples.
“Your brothers are irritating me,” he
informed me.
I swallowed silently and tried to keep my
eyes off his bare...toned...sweaty...muscular
chest...I swallowed harshly again. I could
feel sweat building up on my body and I kind
of wanted to jump him.
“Why?” I croaked out.
Zane frowned and cracked open his eyes to
stare at me in concern. Suddenly his lips
twitched into a smirk and he leant on the
doorframe.

Looking up, I watched her from across the
detention room and nearly groaned aloud.
Masses of black curls fell around her tiny,
slender body and the colour made her pale
skin stand out. Her long legs were stretched
out beneath the table and I couldn't help
but imagine what they would be like
wrapped around my waist.
"I'm off to get some paper," she muttered
to Lea.
I couldn't help but harden as I imagined
her husky, feminine voice screaming my
name in pleasure. Well...attraction definitely
hits hard and unmercifully. I watched her
pert butt sway as she walked to get paper
and when she turned my eyes fell to look at
her breasts. She caught my eyes and
scowled before hurrying back to her seat.
Smirking, I chewed my gum and watched
her sit back down. I got a hot mate.

“For now,” the one I think is called Ben
spoke up.
The rest of the group frowned at him and
he smirked.
“Well, they won’t be the enemy when you
mate with their little sister...they’ll be your
brothers in law,” Ben said smugly.
Zane’s horrified face literally made my day.
We're never mating though.
I had a free period and so I decided to
make a start on the seven hundred word
essay I had to write on why Great Britain
entered into World War One. The library
had a few of the stoner group, as I liked to
call them, sat at a table so I decided to go
somewhere else. I wandered outside and
round the corner onto the field where I
thought I could peacefully work in the
stands. Slipping my earphones in, I turned
up the music and chuckled when I realised
‘sexy back’ was playing. I froze on the edge
of the grass however when I saw that a
bunch of guys were playing football and I
recognised my brothers and their friends.
The guys playing stopped, seemingly for a
break, and dispersed into groups to mess
about with random footballs and drink from
sports bottles.
My nostrils flared and I followed the heady
scent of mint, coffee and cologne to find
Zane with his back to me. He was bouncing a
football up and down on his foot and I
watched raptly as he suddenly booted it to
another guy. My eyes were glued to him and
my lips parted slightly as I took in the
dishevelled blond hair on his head. As if in
slow motion, he pulled his shirt over his
head and revealed a tanned, strong back
that was covered in a light sweat. Hot. He
spun to toss his shirt on the bench and I
sucked in a breath. Zane's muscular, toned
chest was on view and my eyes dropped to
his chiselled six pack covered in sweat. My
tongue darted out to wet my dry lips and my
heart raced. Wow attraction certainly hits
you hard. My eyes met Zane's and I saw
desire swirling in the grey as he looked me
over. Wait...the mating stages hit us both?
That's why he was so angry when Nathaniel
stopped me from falling. He must have
realised that attraction was hitting me hard
because he smirked showing off pearl
white teeth and winked at me. I turned to
walk into the school and fanned my burning
face.
“Zane fancies you,” Nathaniel said.
I jumped and looked up to find him a bit
further up the corridor leaning on lockers.
“No he doesn’t,” I said.
“He does,” Nathaniel argued.
“Why?” I challenged.
That made him pause...after all I’m
human...so his deduction of Zane being my
mate won’t work.
“He just does,” Nathaniel eventually replied
with a careless shrug before walking off.
I watched him go in bemusement then
turned my music back up and headed for
the library. It was better to face the
stoners than my mate...especially seeing as
I’m now in stage two of the mating
phases...attraction. It won’t end well for me
if I’m out there, he’s topless and my
brothers are around.

ZANE POV
Walking into detention, I smirked slightly
when I noticed my sexy little mate was in
here and I strode over to the back where
Oliver was sat. I dumped my bag and
dropped down in the free seat beside him
then slumped.
“I need a beer,” Oliver commented dryly, as
he rubbed his right hand down his face
tiredly.
“Same here,” I replied.
I was all for a nice cold beer to relax me.
“Just have to make it through detention,” I
said with a wry grin.
“It’s alright for you...I’m just sat
here...you’ve got a pretty little mate to look
at,” Oliver chuckled and I grinned.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

I typed quickly and when the message was
done I scrolled through my contacts until I
found my old friend's number. I sent the
message then tucked my phone back into my
pocket and leant back in my seat. Thankfully
Zane hadn't been in school today so I
haven't had the 'pleasure' of testing out
the next stage of mating...attraction. The
bell rung and I stood then slung my bag over
my shoulder. I waited until the students had
dispersed before casually striding out the
door and wandering down the hallway to my
locker. I spun the dial and flung it open then
shoved my bag inside. Lunch time.
“Lunch time doll,” Lea sung as she appeared
beside me.
I chuckled; we’d gotten a lot closer recently.
Now I had nothing against my brothers I
was all for being their friend and making
friend with Darren’s mate. It was nice
having a family again. I walked beside her
to the cafeteria and got myself a salad and
mayonnaise sandwich with orange juice as I
wasn’t that hungry. Lea and I sat down with
my brothers and their friends and I didn’t
miss the way Nathaniel looked at me with a
knowing smug look. It was an ‘I know
something you don’t’ look and I wanted to
stand up and go “I know he’s my mate, I’m a
werecat!”
“Hey baby,” Darren murmured as he nuzzled
his face in her neck.
I gagged dramatically and then started to
eat my sandwich. When I glanced up Darren
and Lea were making out heavily and I
wrinkled my nose in disgust.
“Get a room,” Douglas grunted.
Lea pulled away with a grin and began to eat
her pasta while Darren just smirked.
“You’re just jealous because I have a hot...”
he faltered for a moment before continuing,
“girlfriend.”
He glanced at me awkwardly and I saw Lea
smirk to herself.
“Yeah I am, if she was single I’d definitely
tap that pretty little ass,” Douglas
tormented him.
Darren lunged for him and they both fell
off their seats to land in a heap on the
floor. Lea rolled her eyes and the rest of
the table chuckled.
“So I’m guessing that that,” I gestured to
my fighting brothers, “is a regular
occurrence?”
“Yup,” Lea said, popping the P.
I snorted in amusement and went to take
another bite of my sandwich when the
cafeteria doors slammed open. I watched in
surprise as Zane and his crew walked in
with bored looks. My eyes widened as they
roved over his sexily messed up blond hair
and handsome chiselled face. I had a hot
mate. Wow...attraction...looks like we’re off.
Zane’s eyes met mine and his lips tipped up
into a smirk as his eyes darkened. I bit into
my sandwich and looked away at Lea who
was grinning smugly at the fact that I’d
heated up.
“It’s getting hot in here, so take off all your
clothes,” she hummed quietly.
Before I could comment, Darren popped up
beside her and grinned wickedly.
“I will if you will,” he teased.
Lea flushed bright red and I laughed.
“I am, getting so hot, I’m gonna take my
clothes off,” Darren sung seductively in her
ear...deepening her blush.
I grinned and glanced up to find Zane
watching them in evident amusement.
“You can’t hate their randomness,” the one
I think is called Oliver, Zane’s buddy,
commented.
No one else at my table seemed to have
heard...but then again they weren’t listening
in to Zane’s conversation like I was.
“It is pretty amusing,” Zane agreed, “but
they’re still the enemy.”

“Who’s Ella-Marie?” I demanded.
I whirled to face him and immediately
noticed the way his jaw clenched his eyes
became stormy. The silver shone through
and he growled quietly.
“Who told you about Ella-Marie?” Zane
asked angrily.
“Damian,” I replied calmly.
“Why can’t he mind his own business,” Zane
hissed to himself.
“I am his business technically, I am his
sister,” I mumbled.
Zane just glowered at me and I glared back.
“So I heard she left because of you...that’s
why Nathaniel hates you,” I said with a
vindictive tone.
Zane shook his head slowly and screwed his
eyes shut.
“Let me tell you the full story,” Zane
begged.
I folded my arms and eyed him curiously.
“Go on then,” I ordered.
Zane stepped towards me and gripped my
arm tightly then made to pull me into a
classroom. Suddenly he went flying into the
lockers and rebounded off them with a
crack. My eyes widened in surprise and I
spun to see Damian and Kieran. They glared
hatefully at Zane who glared back at them
and I watched as Zane’s crew fell into step
around him. Damian pulled me into his side
and Zane leant on the lockers again with a
blank expression.
“Stay away from my sister,” Damian said in
a low dangerous voice.
He steered me down the corridor and
something hit me. I came to get
revenge...yet somehow...I’ve found a place in
life. Do I honestly want revenge anymore?
I sat on the lush carpet in my lamp and
stared at the pictures of me and my Mum.
My hands closed around one in a silver
frame and I picked it up to get a good look.
Mum was grinning with paint all over her
face and her slender arms were wrapped
around my waist as she leant backwards to
lift me off the floor. She’d just finished
one of her amazing paintings and was
celebrating. I was fifteen and I’d just
arrived back from a football tournament.
I flashed out my lamp with the picture and
collapsed on my bed. I felt the tears coming
as my eyes searched my bedroom for the
exact picture Mum had painted and finally
they fell on the happy meadow scene. It was
sunny with a Mummy deer and a baby deer
in the middle then lush grass and flowers all
around it. The door opened and I sat up
abruptly to see Damian in the doorway with
his mouth open to speak. When he saw me
his eyes softened and he gently closed the
door then sat down beside me. He took me
into his arms and brushed my hair out my
face. Douglas and Darren burst in after
about five minutes and like Damian, they
quickly took in the scene then closed the
door. They sat down at the foot of the bed
and stared at me sorrowfully.
“Tell us about Mum,” Douglas pleaded.
I turned the picture frame over in my hand
and placed it on the bed so they could see. I
saw smiles stretch along all their faces as
they took in the scene the picture played
and then they smiled at me.
“She’d just finished that painting,” I
pointed at it and smiled wistfully, “she was
so overjoyed at having finished it because
she’d been struggling with it for four
months.”
Darren moved closer to look at it and he
grinned to himself.
“She was a great artist,” he murmured.
“Yeah, she sold quite a few to big business
people...made a lot of money off of it,” I
explained.
Damian tightened his arms around me and
kissed my forehead soothingly. I slumped
against him and realised something...it
wasn’t my brothers fault...it was my Fathers.
I could only blame my Father for what’s
happened.

I climbed the stands to sit a bit to the right
of him but one stand up.
“What do you want Damian?” I inquired.
“I see you’ve been getting closer to Zane,”
he said sounding thoughtful.
“Oh really? You must be seeing things,” I
replied calmly.
“No I’m not Alexis; you need to stay away
from Zane.”
I snorted and mirrored his position as I
fixed the back of his head with a bemused
look.
“Why do I need to do that?” I questioned.
“Because he’s a bad person Alexis,” Damian
said quietly in a calm, controlled tone.
“Give me an example,” I demanded.
Damian sighed and shook his head then
looked down at his hands.
“Once upon a time he had a cousin called
Ella-Marie,” Damian informed me,
“personally I never saw her but about two
years ago there was a huge bust up in the
family and she left. Why did she leave?
Because of Zane. Why do you think
Nathaniel lives with us? He couldn’t, still
partially can’t, stand to be around Zane. I
don’t know for certain what went down that
day but it must have been bad for Nathaniel
to drop all his...family duties....and join
us...we’re like the enemy to them.”
Damian looked at me over his shoulder and
smiled sadly.
“I’m honestly not a bad guy Alexis, I know
we got off to a bad start because I tried to
control you but it’s just because I care for
you. I don’t want you to get yourself into
trouble or get yourself hurt. You’re my
sister and I know I failed at being a
brother all these years but I’m really trying
to make it up to you. You need to let me,” he
whispered as he looked back at his hands.
I swallowed then cleared my throat and bit
down on my inner lips to hold them
together. After a moment of silence I stood
up and climbed down the stands. I walked
off along the grass feeling more troubled
than I’d admit at Damian’s words and I
pushed through the double doors into the
school. Lea was laughing with Darren who
was spinning her round while Douglas and
Samuel just looked amused. Rolling my eyes
I turned to go down the next corridor and
saw Nathaniel walking towards me but his
eyes were narrowed in an angry glare at
Zane who was leant on the lockers with his
crew. Zane growled a deep, low, warning
growl and Nathaniel just bared his teeth
then stormed past me. His shoulder
connected with mine sending me staggering
but he quickly grabbed my shirt by the
collar to hold me up.
“I advise you release her brother,” Zane
snapped angrily.
Nathaniel glanced at him in irritation then
his head suddenly snapped to me and he
studied me before he let out a breathy,
amused snort. His lips twisted into a wry
smile and he placed me firmly on my feet.
“See you at home Alexis,” Nathaniel said.
He ruffled my hair and then walked off
down the corridor. I blinked at his
retreating figure and then watched him
round the corner.
“Well okay then...” I trailed off.
I turned to find Zane watching me with
dark eyes from where he was leant on his
locker and I calmly walked down the
corridor past him. I thought about the
anger, this was the third day...so soon I’d
be onto attraction...jeez.
“You’re going to hit attraction soon Alexis,”
Zane said seductively.
“Whatever,” I muttered darkly.
“You know you could stop all of this by
just...I don’t know...mating with me,” Zane
said thoughtfully.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

“Breathe in,” Lea ordered, “breathe out.”
“It’s not working,” I ground out irritably.
I glared furiously at the detention teacher
who was leaning on Zane’s desk to talk to
him about the work he had to finish that
his math class had done after he’d been
kicked out his lesson...the detention teacher
who had undone two buttons on her blouse
subtly while walking over to him. The
teacher who was basically thrusting her
breasts in my mate’s face...I know I’m
denying him right now...but he’s still my mate
and she needs to back off. My honed
hearing picked up on feet walking towards
me and a subtle sniff made me realise it was
Darren.
“Alexis,” Darren murmured as he came to a
stop behind me.
“Yes asshole?” I turned to scowl at him and
he rolled his eyes.
Lea shot me an amused look and I winced,
probably shouldn’t insult her mate.
“Chill out sister, you’re so aggressive
recently,” Darren said quietly.
“Well you people keep annoying me,” I said
simply.
“Damian wants to speak to you at lunch, he
said to meet him by the stands on the
pitch,” Darren informed me.
I sighed and glanced to Zane to find him
staring at Darren with narrowed eyes.
Zane’s eyes flickered to me and I gave him
a weird look that made him shake his head.
I glanced to the side of me and saw Darren
kiss Lea on the head so I gagged loudly.
Darren grinned and Lea blushed then he
stole one more kiss and left. I turned back
to see Zane was looking down the teacher’s
top blatantly and she looked smug. I
focused a glare on the back of Zane’s head
and saw his lips tug up into a smirk that
irritated me.
“I’m either going to kill myself, everyone
else or him,” I said through gritted teeth.
“I vote him,” Lea said nonchalantly but
there was a grin toying at her lips.
Out the corner of my eye I saw Zane scowl
at her and she snickered. We carried on
with our work and I sighed feeling suddenly
tired.
“The anger wears off really quickly, as the
stages progress they get longer though.
The anger should last three days most, the
giggles five days, the attraction a week and
the heat ten days. After that it just literally
stops and never starts again. Heat however
comes back once a year, that’s why at a
certain point in the year you never see your
parents,” Lea informed me.
I grumbled under my breath and saw her
smirk.
“So when did you realise I’m not human?” I
asked the one question on my mind.
“Quite quickly, my Dad taught me how to
track so I picked up your scent pretty
quickly...your brothers are just oblivious and
stupid,” Lea said with a careless shrug.
I nodded and finished my questions.
“So have you mated with Darren?” I
inquired curiously.
“Nope, I’m two days into stage three.
Apparently he wants to wait until I’m
eighteen...in three days,” Lea replied sulkily.
I snorted and when I looked up my eyes met
Zane’s. He gave me a small smile and I
looked down.
I walked across the pitch with my jacket
slung over my shoulder and a bored look on
my face. Damian was sat on the stands
leaning his elbows on his knees and I
approached him warily.
“Brother,” I called out in greeting when I
was close enough.
“Alexis,” he retorted without looking at me.

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All through first period I had a clenched
jaw and gritted teeth. When I relaxed them
in the middle of period two my jaw ached
and I resorted to the less painful method
of glaring at the table. "What's up with
you?" Douglas finally asked when he passed
me in the hallway. "Nothing," I snapped. He
held up his hands in mock surrender and
walked away to his next lesson. Giving up I
stalked outside and crossed the road to
head into the woods. Once there I stripped
down and hid my clothes in a tree hole. I
shifted into my leopard form then padded
slowly through the trees before breaking
into a run. I zigzagged wildly for a while
and slowly felt the anger disappear. I
eventually slowed down in a small clearing
and slumped down on the ground.
----
I jumped up and intercepted the ball as one
of the other team tried to pass it. I landed
easily on my feet and threw it at one of my
team. I'd returned just after lunch and I
was much calmer now. We were playing
netball at the moment, one of my least
favourite sports because I preferred more
active ones like football and hockey where I
wasn't restricted to only go in parts of the
court and stay still when handling the ball.
"Alexis," Zane purred. I ignored him and
moved after the ball. "Alexis," Zane purred
again. "What?" I yelled whirling round to
face him. He smirked at me and leant
against the wire fence to watch me.
"Alexis," he sang. "You are so annoying," I
told him angrily. "When I see something I
want I go after it wholeheartedly...and I
want you more than I've ever wanted
anything," he replied easily. His eyes were
slightly silver and he had an intense
expression on his face. I swallowed harshly
as I realised how serious he was, no matter
what I did or where I went he would always
be there. Zane was going to follow me and
stick with me no matter what because he
was going to make me fall in love with him. I
don't know how it will happen or when...but
somewhere, somehow, Zane was going to
make me fall in love with him.

"Why do you hate me so much?" he inquired
quietly. "Well you're the number one enemy
of my family and you're kind of a dick," I
snorted rudely. "They're not good enough
reasons Alexis, you hate your family and
you're kind of a bitch. We match perfectly
and if you don't believe me I'm going to
prove it to you. Don't worry sweetheart,
you'll be mine soon," he said with a cocky
smirk.
I growled at him and his eyebrows quirked
up. "Sexy," he commented.
I went to hit him but he caught my hand
effortlessly and then dropped it. He stared
at me in amusement for a moment before
pushing himself away from me and leisurely
striding off. I stared after him in surprise
before grinding my teeth together and
stalking into school by the back doors. I
stomped along the hallway feeling
uncharacteristically angry, why does he
make me so annoyed? By doing so little?
"It's part of the mate bond," Lea told me. I
turned to find her leaning on the lockers
and I quirked an eyebrow. "Don't act sly
with me, pretty much everyone has realised
Zane is your mate...except your
brothers...they're so oblivious it's painful,"
Lea rolled her eyes and moved to walk
beside me. "The longer you put the mating
off the stranger your emotions get," Lea
informed me.
"How so?" I asked curiously.
"Well first you get kind of angry with him
and then with people who go near him or
mention him," Lea gave me an amused smile
and I sighed as I realised I was now about
to get an ever shorter temper than usual.
"Then you get kind of giggly around him,
you'll giggle all the time when he's near.
Next you get really attracted to him and
find yourself moving closer to him
subconsciously. Finally you go into heat
which means you give off a constant
aroused scent that makes all non male
relatives and unmated wolfs want to have
sex with you. Your brothers will know
you're in heat but won't feel attracted to
you, so they'll realise you're not human.
Zane will also protect you however he will
go mental if a wolf even looks at you as his
wolf will get really possessive and he will
always be battling his own lust for you."
I groaned out loud and she laughed. When I
rounded the corner I found Zane with his
crew and to my surprise anger and jealousy
flared up immediately when I sighted a girl
batting her eyelashes at Zane. He gave her
a dirty look which slightly eased my cat's
anger but she still wanted to put the girl in
her place. I clenched my hands and scowled.
"Wow you really got the first stage right," I
muttered darkly.
When I looked from Lea back to Zane I
noticed he was smirking slightly and
glancing between me and flirtatious girl. I
narrowed my eyes and stalked past them,
growling threateningly at the girl as I
passed which made her jump and scuttle
off.
"Temper baby, you know I'm all yours,"
Zane said seductively.

I scrunched my eyes up and grumbled under
my breath. When I opened them Douglas
and Darren were still fighting like they
were both on fire and made completely out
of jelly. I stared at them with a bewildered
look on my face then looked to see if anyone
else had noticed it. Naturally Zane and his
crew had and were both staring at my
brothers with amused grins on their faces.
Why are they so embarrassing? Why do I
have to be related to them? Giving in I
walked over and smacked their heads
together forcefully. Their foreheads
collided with a loud smack and they both
yelped. I took hold of their right ears and
dragged them along the school yard out of
the middle. When I reached the edge I
practically threw them to the floor and
glared at them.
"Stop doing that," I snapped.
"What?" Douglas asked moodily.
"Whatever the hell you were doing, I get
associated with you so you can't do that
because it embarrasses me," I said. "We
were fighting," Darren said in a 'duh' tone.
"No you weren't. I've watched wrestling
like WWE, I took MMA and I like
boxing...what you were doing was acting as
if all your bones didn't exist and you were
on fire," I said with a scornful tone of
voice.
Darren and Douglas scowled up at me and I
narrowed my eyes.
"Pack it in," I warned before stalking off.
I pushed past people who were lurking
around and glared at the ones that got in my
way. I got round the building then I was
pushed against the wall. Zane loomed over
me with a smirk stretching at his handsome
face and I narrowed my eyes at him.
"That's hot," he informed me.
"What?" I asked angrily. "You being angry
and you doing fighting," he winked at me
and leant in to inhale my hair.
"Stop sniffing me you strange mutt," I said
icily. Zane just laughed and leaned back to
look me in the eye with a serious
expression which took me by surprise.
"What?" I asked.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

I rolled out of bed and slammed my hand
down on my alarm clock to silence it.
Dragging myself across the room I dressed
slowly and tiredly. "Asshole I need the
bathroom," Douglas yelled. I rubbed my
eyes tiredly and grunted. What is wrong
with these people? I picked up the brush
and dragged it through my hair, wincing as
it tugged roughly on the knots. "Shut up
bitchflakes," Darren said as his footsteps
passed my room. "Haha...funny," Douglas said
sarcastically.
I sighed loudly and dragged my hair up into
a ponytail. I was on my makeup when Douglas
and Darren began arguing with each other
and I rolled my eyes. I picked up the
eyeliner and concentrated on applying it.
"YOU GO EAT YOURSELF," Douglas
roared.
I sighed and finished up my left eye.
"WHY ARE YOU EVEN HERE? HUH? NO
ONE LIKES YOU," Darren thundered.
I continued and finished my right eye. I was
applying mascara when they began full out
screaming at each other. I completed my
eye make-up and stormed out onto the
landing. I leant over the banister and saw
Douglas and Darren in the hall with the rest
of the guys just watching them in
amusement.
"GO SUCK-" "SHUT UP," I screamed, my
throat hurting along with my ears from the
high pitched noise.
Everyone jerked and stared up at me wide
eyed.
"Shut up you losers," I snarled.
After giving them a warning glare I
stormed back into my room and slammed the
door loudly. "Idiots," I muttered darkly
feeling my eyes turn purple in my irritation.

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I narrowed my eyes at the paper and
cursed silently. He's onto me, well not for
long. I took the lighter from my duffel and
flicked the top up. I raised the flame to the
paper and watched as it crinkled and burnt.
Before it could touch my fingers I dropped
the paper and stood on it to put the flames
out. Retrieving the burnt, barely
recognisable, paper I ripped it some more
then discarded it out the window. I
pocketed the lighter and walked down the
hallway with a determined look on my face. I
knocked on Nathaniel's door then shoved it
open violently.
"You're up to something," he said as if he'd
been expecting me.
I shut the door and walked over to him.
Grabbing his face roughly I tilted it so his
eyes met mine then turned them purple and
watched his eyes widen in alarm.
"I'm not up to anything Nathaniel," I said in
a low voice.
"You're not up to anything," he repeated in
a robotic voice.
Without another word I walked out and
back to my room. I locked the door then
jumped onto my bed and sighed.

"You're my mate," he replied simply,
"anyways one day I won't leave like this and
your brothers will know."
"I find it amusing that you assume we're
going to be together," I narrowed my eyes
at him and he smirked.
"Try and deny me...just try Alexis," he said
arrogantly before disappearing out the
window.
I watched him go then let out a small
scream and stamped my foot.
"Stamping your foot like a little kid, that's
amusing," Zane quipped, his head appearing
for a moment in my window before he
dropped down and hopefully left.
"Asshole," I ground out.
I dragged on a check baggy shirt and slid
off my bottoms.
"Alexis," Darren yelled again.
I rolled my eyes and slid on some baggy
shorts to go beneath the check shirt. I
could hear him stomping up the stairs and
so, sighing dramatically, I threw open my
bedroom door then stepped into the hall.
"What's up?" I asked with an irritated look
on my face.
"Supper," he said with a grin.
"I'm not hungry," I said dryly.
I walked into my room and closed the door
before locking it. Exhaling loudly I padded
over to my bed and flopped down on it.
What is wrong with my life?
---
I walked silently down the stairs and
towards Father's office. Opening the door
I crept inside and gently shut it behind me.
Using the torch to illuminate my way I sat
behind his desk and opened a drawer. I had
on black leather gloves and I'd used a quick
spell to shield my scent; I'd have to hurry
though because it gave me a headache if I
used it too long. Impatiently I sifted
through the letters and paperwork inside
looking for anything incriminating.
Huffing I was about to give up when I saw
the huge picture frame hanging behind me,
it was of a peaceful countryside. Feeling
slightly smug I stood up and pushed it
upwards away from the wall. To my delight
there was a huge safe behind it and I
smirked to myself. I took the picture of the
wall, grunting at the weight of it, and laid it
on the floor. I put my ear to the cold steel
of the safe and twisted the dial. After
about five minutes I pulled back when I
realised I had absolutely no idea what I was
doing.
"It always works in films," I muttered
darkly.
I was about to hit it with a bolt of power
but I was interrupted by footsteps on the
stairs that made me freeze. Making the
purple disappear from my hand I heaved
the picture frame back onto the wall silently
then backed up against the wall. The
footsteps passed by the office and I
fought back a hiss as my head pounded.
Closing my eyes tightly I gritted my teeth
and blindly moved along the wall. Without a
sound I opened the door and stepped out
then closed it. I sniffed to find out who it
was, Kieran, then swiftly headed up the
stairs back to my bedroom. I'm getting in
that safe if it's the last thing I do.
"What are you doing out of bed?" Douglas
asked.
"I felt thirsty," I said with fake annoyance,
"is it a crime now to get out of bed at
night?"
Douglas snorted and walked back into his
bedroom. Curling my lips up in irritation I
walked down the hallway and entered my
room to find a note on my bed. Frowning to
myself I shut the door and locked it before
walking to the bed. I scooped it up and
unfolded it to find neat writing obviously
done in pen.
'Dear Alexis,
I know you're up to something whether by
yourself or with Zane. Don't think I won't
be watching you.


Nathaniel.'

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CHAPTER TWELVE

Before our eyes could meet the door
slammed open and my head snapped over to
see Nathaniel stood there. He narrowed his
eyes at his brother for a moment before
smirking.
"I knew there was something between you
two," he said with an arrogant grin.
"There's nothing between us," I hissed out
as Zane replied, "there's everything
between us."
My eyes turned back to blue as I glared
defensively up at Zane who was smirking.
"Get off me and get out," I ordered angrily.
He pushed himself off me leisurely and
walked to the open window.
"Later Alexis," he said with glinting eyes
before leaping out the window.
I sat up and scowled then turned to
Nathaniel.
"Keep your brother away from me," I said
angrily.
"That's not possible Lex, when he sees
something he wants he won't stop until he
gets it...and he obviously wants you,"
Nathaniel said in amusement.
He winked then walked out and shut the
door after him. Growling under my breath I
stood up and pulled my top off. My bra was
black with purple lace around the top of the
cups and straps and it matched my knickers
perfectly. I was about to drop my trousers
when I heard someone clear their throat.
Clasping my top to my chest to shield me I
spun around to see Zane leaning on my
window frame with a dangerous look in his
eyes.
"Zane..." I started, my tone low and
venomous.
"Alexis, eyes NOW," he demanded.
I sighed in exasperation and reluctantly let
the purple shine through the blue again. As
I stared into his eyes, with no boundaries
or shields between us as his silver eyes
became apparent, I felt weird explosions
happening inside of me that made me want
to fall to the floor.
"Well...well...well," he drawled.
"Am I....?"
He smirked and strode over to me. Zane
smashed his lips against mine and I gasped
allowing his tongue to find its way into my
mouth. My hands found his hard, muscular
chest and I shoved him backwards
immediately.
"Stop it," I said though my voice came out
raspy.
Zane rolled his eyes at me and folded his
muscular arms across his chest.
"Why? You're my mate," Zane didn't look
amused now and I wondered if I'd hurt his
feelings.
"But...but...but I barely know you...me being
your mate doesn't give us the go ahead to
make out when we hardly know each other,"
I said angrily.
Zane's lips twitched but he kept his face
serious although I knew he was finding my
reaction highly amusing.
"Alexis," Darren yelled.
"Go," I urged.
Zane chuckled and leant in to kiss my cheek
roughly.
"Zane..." I hissed out.

I curled up on the couch and cried my heart
out.
"Mamá," I whimpered.
I wiped my eyes and got up to go into the
kitchen. Once in there I broke down again
and slid to the floor. I was crying so hard I
wasn't even making noise anymore, I
couldn't take all the memories of the lamp
so I flashed out and crashed down on my
bed. I put the lamp under my pillow and
tried to stop the tears falling.
---
I woke up and groaned; my whole body felt
as if it had been run over by a truck.
Getting up I walked into the bathroom and
grimaced. My eyes were swollen and my
face was blotchy. I washed my face with
cold water but it did nothing to soothe my
face. I headed back into the bedroom and
checked the time. 10pm.
There was a gentle thud and I spun to see a
guy in my bedroom by my open window. I
yelped and threw a ball of wind at him. His
masculine yell seemed familiar and I
watched him fall backwards then rebound
off the wall.
"Alexis, seriously?" he snapped.
"Zane what the hell are you doing?" I asked
angrily.
Before I could blink he had me by my
shoulders and he threw me roughly onto the
bed.
"You lied to me again, please just let me see
your- have you been crying?"
I looked away in shame and Zane turned my
face back towards him.
"Your Mum?" he inquired.
I nodded and he sighed. Zane stroked my
hair soothingly and rubbed my arm with his
other hand.
"Alexis..." he began.
"I know," I muttered.
I let the purple shine through the blue and
looked up into his eyes.

"Alexis I have a theory," Zane said slowly.
I hummed against his warm, smooth neck in
reply and he shuddered.
"Hear me out before you freak though," he
demanded.
I nodded and grasped his shirt in my tiny
hands.
"I've been feeling...weird where you're
concerned..." he started sounding
embarrassed, "I never seem to stop
thinking about you...I always want to be
around you..."
I frowned into his chest and pulled away
slightly to stare up at him. He had his jaw
clenched and his eyes shut tightly. What
surprised me were the two spots of red on
his tanned cheeks, aww he's blushing.
"Alexis I want to look into your eyes, your
proper eyes...because Alexis...I think you're
my mate," he said quietly.
His head rolled downwards and his eyes
opened. On instinct I snapped my eyes shut
and tried to pull away from him.
"Alexis, stop it, just let me look in your
eyes," Zane demanded.
I struggled even harder and Zane growled.
"Is it really so horrifying to be my mate?"
he sounded hurt and I momentarily felt bad.
"My brothers..."
"Oh screw them, you hate them anyway so
who cares," Zane interrupted me crossly.
"You're not used to getting turned down by
a girl are you?" I stopped struggling to
smirk at him with my eyes still closed.
"Shut it Matthews," he grunted in reply.
I heard the front door slam open and I
tensed.
"Please Alexis," Zane whispered.
Sighing I opened my eyes and stared deep
into his. Minor detail...I changed my eye
colour again so he wasn't looking into mine.
I'm scared of commitment and love okay? I
can't take more heartbreak and I don't
trust people. He stared down into my yellow
eyes and sighed.
My brothers came towards the kitchen and
Zane stood quickly yanking me up with him.
He released his hold on my arms and picked
me up placing me on top of the marble island
then moved away from me. My brothers
entered and froze when they saw Zane.
"Why are you here?" Damian glared
furiously at Zane.
"Why so hostile Dame?" I quirked an
eyebrow and he glowered at me.
"Why is he here?" Damian asked.
"I went out to the shop to get some peanut
butter, I came back to see the front door
open and Zane pulled up in his car. He
wanted to ask you something about...people
on your territory? I don't know he wouldn't
tell me much, but when he saw the door
open he did a creepy ass inhaling thing then
pushed me behind him. The back door was
open too and he made me sit under the
island while he 'looked for bad guys'
apparently," I even used the bunny ears to
emphasise my confusion and sarcasm.
Damian looked at Zane who nodded and
mouthed the word 'rogues.' At that they
left the room and I jumped from the island
to head upstairs. I closed my bedroom door
and locked it before zapping into my lamp. I
sat down on the couch and put my head in
my hands. I couldn't help it, my chest
tightened and my heart beat painfully fast.
"Mamá, por qué?" I sobbed.

"You just took the receipt," Zane pointed
out.
"I didn't," I said straight faced.
Zane grinned at me and held out his hand.
"You took the receipt, give it to me," he
demanded.
"Why does it matter?" I shrugged
carelessly.
"It didn't but you took it so now I want it,"
he said simply.
"Well I took it because it had a coupon on
the back but now you want it I don't want to
give it up," I lied.
Zane looked at me for a moment then lunged
across the car effectively splattering ice
cream all over us both. I shrieked and did
the second stupidest thing ever; I stuffed
the receipt in my mouth and swallowed it.
Zane stared at me in surprise and then
burst out laughing. He pulled back into his
seat and shook his head.
"You are certainly one of a kind Alexis," he
said in amusement.
He glanced at me and frowned before
leaning over and scooping ice cream off my
face with his thumb. He put his thumb in his
mouth and sucked the ice cream off. I
found the whole scene strangely erotic
however not to be out done I scooped ice
cream off his neck. I held up my finger and
licked up it from the base. When I got to
the top I swirled round it with my tongue
then slowly took the finger into my mouth.
"Okay you win, that was hotter than mine,"
Zane opened the bag and took out a burger,
"that actually turned me on."
I blinked rapidly at his news then laughed
and ate my McDonalds.
---
We pulled up outside my house and I saw my
front door was still wide open.
"If we've been robbed," I said warningly as
I climbed out the car.
Zane just chuckled but I noticed he didn't
drive away just yet. I got to the door and
inhaled deeply to make sure. I caught the
scent of something that made my spine go
rigid and my eyes shine purple. Gulping, I
clenched the doorframe tightly as I masked
my eyes and looked pleadingly at Zane who
immediately got out the car.
"What's up?" Zane asked walking up beside
me.
His nostrils flared and his eyes narrowed.
In a move so quick I barely registered it he
pushed me behind him protectively and
growled. Slowly he began to move into the
house making sure to keep a hand on my arm
and stay in front of me.
"Rogues," Zane growled furiously.
I practically glued myself to his back in
terror, I'm badass but rogues terrify the
shit out of me. Most rogues are evil soulless
creatures that lost their human side and
they won't hesitate to kill you.
We moved slowly down the hallway and into
the kitchen where we found the back door
open. Zane pushed me to crouch underneath
the marble island and put his finger to his
lips. Without a word he was gone.
---
I stayed crouched in the same spot for
bordering on an hour feeling my heart thud
painfully fast. A pair of black booted feet
walked into the kitchen and I bit my lip so
hard I drew blood. They paused in the
doorway before moving steadily closer to
the island I was beneath. I put my hand
over my mouth and nose so I wouldn't make
a sound then silently moved further away
from the feet.
I saw the jean clad legs begin to bend and
panic rose within me. I let fire rise on my
palm and readied myself to throw it. The
man bent fully and the flames in my hand
disappeared. Zane. I crumpled to the floor
in relief and exhaustion and Zane reached
under the island. His hands hooked under
my armpits and he dragged me to him
gently. As soon as I was close he
encompassed me in his arms making me feel
like a little child with the fact that I was
tiny compared to him. I nuzzled my face into
his neck feeling uncharacteristically scared
and revelled in his warmth.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

I rubbed my eyes and walked out the office
with a sigh. I found Zane in the hallway
talking to one of his crew.
"Are you going to take me home now?" I
asked.
Zane looked at me with a devilish smirk on
his handsome face.
"For a kiss," he flirted shamelessly.
"I'd rather walk," I muttered trying to walk
past him.
"On the cheek then?" he offered.
Zane pulled me against my will to him and
smirked down at me. I gritted my teeth but
pushed myself onto my tiptoes to place a
chaste kiss to his tanned, stubble covered
cheek.
"You can do better than that," he said.
"Don't. Push. It," I snarled angrily as I
stalked out the door.
I heard Zane laughing before he followed
me and started the car.
"To say thank you for what you did Alexis,
how about I treat you to...a McDonalds?" he
offered.
"Wow you're really pushing the boat out
aren't you?" I said jokingly.
"Would you rather I took you to a fancy
restaurant? I think they would laugh at us,"
Zane observed humorously.
I glanced over myself and grimaced at the
slob outfit I was wearing. Zane didn't look
much better in some old jeans and t-shirt
with some scuffed trainers. His hair was
messy and his eyes had bags underneath.
"Not sleeping well?" I inquired nosily.
"Not since this rogue business started," he
said with a sigh.
We pulled up outside McDonalds and went
into the driveway.
"What do you want?" he asked.
I felt amused by this entire situation
honestly.
"Uh...cheeseburger and chips please...and a
coke...and ketchup...and a smartie mcflurry,"
I beamed at Zane and he just chuckled.
We pulled up at the window and he placed
the order.
"Okay, next window," the girl said twirling
her hair flirtatiously.
I don't know why but that pissed me off.
Zane didn't seem to notice my anger or the
girl's flirting and drove forward to the
next window. As he took the food my eyes
fell on the receipt where the fast food girl
had written her number in a messy scrawl.
I have no idea why I did it; you can ask me
as many times as you want and I'll never be
able to answer. I picked up the receipt and
shoved it in my pocket. I looked up and saw
Zane watching me with an amused yet
confused expression. He put the drinks in
the cup holders and parked the car in a
free space.

Feyikaey: Nice updates, Pabon. You are good...nd pls come nd continue the other story.

Thanks.Are you referring to Call of The Wind?

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