Scarlet's Mate

Part Thirty Two

"This is going to be the opposite of fun," I oppose as I stand up and walk back to the rock I was at originally.  Derek freaked out on Elliot when we weren't even mates, I can't imagine what he'd do to Kyle now if he thinks something between us happened.  That's a disturbing thought, Vivian gagged.

It is a disturbing thought, he's my brother, but Derek doesn't know that.  To Derek it's going to look like I just had a romantic bonfire with another man.  And me sitting directly next to Kyle would just fuel those flames even more.  This is going to be hard enough as it is, no need to make it any harder.  Good point, Vivian said, but before I meant that being with anyone other than Derek was a disturbing thought.

I'm busy mentally rolling my eyes when I hear something crashing through the woods.  I quickly jump to my feet and turn towards the sound.  My eyes strain but I can pinpoint Derek's wolf hurtling at full speed towards us.  When our eyes meet he slows his pace and I can see him relax slightly.  But his body tenses up again when I feel a hand touch my shoulder.

"Hey Derek," Kyle says smugly, "how's it going?"

Derek's wolf bared his teeth and a low growl erupts from him and as he steps forwards I watch as his body twists into itself.  Suddenly Derek, who is very naked, is now the one walking towards us, "take your fucking hands off her."

"Derek, calm down.  It isn't like that," I say, taking a step forward forcing Kyle's hand to drop while putting myself between the two of them.

Derek's eyes found mine and for a moment everything was okay.  I smile as I wrap my arms up around his neck pulling him in for a kiss.  I hear Kyle fake gagging behind us and immediately Derek pulls away but keeps an arm protectively wrapped around me, "you said you needed me here, well I'm here, what's going on?  Because from the looks of it, I don't like what I see."

"Whatever you're thinking, don't worry, we're not that far down south where that could ever be a possibility," Kyle jokes as I mentally shoot daggers at him, but he just laughs and sits back down on one of the rocks.

"What the hell are you going on about?"  Derek questions him.

Instead of answering, Kyle grabs a pair of shorts from his bag and throws it at Derek, "cover your willy, no one wants to see that."

Derek quickly steps into the shorts and pulls them up, then he lowers himself onto one of the rocks.  He reaches for me and pulls me down next to him.  Leaning into Derek I try to build up the courage to say everything I need to say.  But before I get a chance Kyle beats me to it, "so sis, your boyfriend is here, can you tell me what happened now?"

"Sis?"  Derek said, confused.

"Ya know, short for sister," Kyle answered sarcastically.

This time Derek turned towards me, "this asshat is your brother?"

"Yes, Kyle is my brother," I answered him this time.

None of us said anything for a while, I was still trying to figure out exactly how I'm going to tell this story without completely falling apart and I wanted to give Derek some time to adjust to the information before springing even more at him.  But Kyle wasn't as patient and this time when he asked he was completely serious, "please, what happened after I brought you to him."

I could feel Derek stiffen at the words, I grab his hand and decide it's now or never, "the man who was with you-"

"Marvin," Kyle interrupted.

"Okay," I said, "Marvin carried me the rest of the way, I kept tripping.  I remember it being really dark.  He didn't set me down again until we were inside wherever we were, he brought me down a long hallway to a door with one of those code things.  He reached around me to type it in and when the door opened," I paused.  I could feel my throat start to slightly close and my breathing was becoming erratic.