The Face Of The Prey

Chapter 10: I HATE YOU!

When she said his name, I was just as shocked as the others. Diego, on the other hand, was just looking at Nova with a death glare. He then mind-linked Nova. I knew this because I had some special abilities with which I could hear what others were saying through mind link. He said, "I told you not to tell anyone about it, especially not Isabella. Why did you do that?!" She replied, "Oh babe, what's the fun in that? And in the future, she would've known anyway. So, what's the reason to waste time and keep this little secret from her. Anyways, I'm going and preparing for our wedding. Bye." Then she left.

I turned to Diego, walked towards him, and slapped him. Then said, "I thought you were different, Diego. But.... I guess not. I HATE YOU!" I walked past him and continued, "Get out of my house. Everybody." Diego said, "Butter-". I interrupted and said, "My name is Isabella. And I don't want to talk to you or your friends. Don't ever try to contact me again." They all left. After they left, I collapsed and sat down on the floor. Noah and Byron, like always, came to me and sat beside me on the floor. I said while sobbing, "a-aren't you b-both g-going to say w-we t-told you so?" They laughed and Noah said, "No, buttercup." They used to call me that when we were kids. I rested my head on the wall and Noah and Byron kept their heads on my shoulders and we slept through the night on the floor.

My mother came in after an hour or two and put a blanket on us. She thought I was asleep but I wasn't. She leaned in and kissed on my forehead. I was continuously crying over what he did. I can't even say his name now. Anyways, then father entered and said, "I need this boy's address." My mother told him his address and I knew he was going to go to their house, break our alliances and most probably kill Diego. I couldn't let that happen. So, I stood up and said, "If you are going to his house, take me. I have a few words left for him, and I will be the future alpha of this pack, you told me that a few years ago. So, I need to go with you." Noah and Byron didn't want to be alpha because when you become an alpha you have many responsibilities with you. You cannot make any mistakes. They were not like that. Byron was responsible but he refused to become the alpha. My father sighed and then said yes. My heartbeat was increasing as we were reaching his house. My father explained the main reason we were going there. And I was right, we were going to break the alliance we had with them. Diego ruined the friendship we had. The relation we had for centuries. We reached the silver moon pack's house and my heartbeat was like 10x faster than it was before. We ran the door bell and a maid opened the door for us. We were told to wait in the living room. After 10 minutes Mr. and Mrs. Lopez entered the hall with Diego behind them. His head was down and he was trying not to make eye contact with me. Mr. Lopez said, "Isabella, dear, how are you?" They could see that I was crying because my eyes were swelled up. I replied, "I am trying my best and holding my real form back, sir." Then my eyes flinched and this time they were of red color. They all moved a step back. They all didn't know who I was. They then said, "We are very sorry for-" I interrupted and then said, "Yeah, whatever. The real reason we are here is because we are breaking the alliance, we had with you for centuries when the recent actions of your son came into light. And another reason my father would like to tell you." Then father continued, "Yes sure. Mr. Lopez, Mrs. Lopez, we are here because we would like to tell you that my daughter, Isabella, is your son's mate. The real mate. And she is not 16 years old, she more than 1000 years old. We are the crescent moon pack, the pack of hybrids and now you are our enemy. You must have heard stories about your pack. About a boy who gave his life to save a girl of our pack." My eyes were filled with tears. I knew what my father was going to say next. I said, "P-please excuse me." I then ran outside. A tear drop fell out of my eyes. Even when I was in the garden, I could clearly hear what my father was saying. He then continued, "That boy's name was Gabrielle Lopez. He was the one who sacrificed his life for.... My daughter. He was her mate. He sacrificed his life in a war with the blue moon pack. They were disobeying the rules of the war. They used bullets laced with wolfsbane. Their beta was pointing his gun at Isabella and Gabrielle saw him shoot. He didn't have time to save both himself and Isabella so he decided to save Isabella. This is what true love is, Diego. You don't deserve Isabella's love. Gabrielle did. He would have never done something like this. If it was not for him Isabella would be dead right now and I guess it would have been better. She survived that heartbreak because of his parents. But she resents you now. She hates you. I am sure you know that now. Have a good life."

He then exited the mansion and stood beside me. But as we were sitting in our car, I heard a few people talking. They were saying, "Last time you failed but this time you will kill the Lopez family." They were setting up a bomb at their house! It was an inside work. I quickly told the driver to take my father home and don't turn the vehicle around. When they went out of the gate, I quickly ran back inside and saw the three of them still standing there. I shouted, "CALL EVERYONE OUT, NOW! THERE'S A BOMB! WE ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES LEFT!" As they all were exiting Diego came to me and tried to say something but I said, "It's not the time Diego. Get everyone out now. We'll talk later. I'll meet you outside if I survive." And by saying this I pushed them out of the front door and locked the door. I went to search the bomb and I found it but I only had 30 seconds to take it out of the mansion. I thought, 'Shit! What am I going to do now?!"