Love Hurts

Chapter 24

"Logan.. what made you decide you wanted me..." She asks after a while of us sitting in silence. Her crying had finally stopped and we were laying under the blankets. I laugh lightly. "Well, after the incident at school and you told me to go, I kinda made my parents mad by running off. They tried stopping me because I told them about you being my mate. At the time I was determined to stay away from you, mainly because you knew how I felt about mates and I knew I would only hurt you.. I was already wanting to stay. When I got there I felt the longing to be beside you, but told myself I didn't want a mate until I was done with school.. About one week in, I realized how stupid I felt for doing what I did. I knew I wanted you in my life. I think I knew all along. Even before I learned we were mates, I was jealous of your relationship with Brandon. Every time I saw you together I would get angry for no reason. So really, I always wanted you, just never realized it till I actually left.." I tell her all this and she is silent. I look down at her and see a smile on her lips, making me smile as well. I sit up and pull her with me. I turn towards her and look into her eyes. They still held so much pain and fear. "Kendall.." I say her name softly. She smiles softly at me. "I love you Kendall." I say before pressing my lips to hers. She immediately kisses me back. When we pull away she is smiling. "I love you too Logan." She tells me. I pull her close to me. As I do I hear a knock on my door. I growl lowly and Kendall giggles, making my growling cease and making me smile. I stand and go to open the door. "Dakota? Ariel? What are you doing here?" I ask. Ariel just pushes past me while Dakota gives me a serious look. "We got a problem downstairs, thought you'd like to know." He tells me quietly so the girls can't hear us. I nod and turn to see them hugging. "Kendall I'll be back, will you be alright?" I ask. She nods. "I'll be ok as long as Ariel is here." She says with a smile towards her best friend. I nod before closing the door and following my brother to the dungeon. I hear yelling as I enter. He leads me to Demetri's cell where the yelling is coming from. I step in and see one of Demetri's arms is free. I snarl and run forward to help the guards. I grab him by the throat. "You aren't going anywhere." I snarl in his face. He gasps for air and when I know his arm is chained again, I released him. "How did he get loose?" I ask, turning towards the guards. "It's what we do when we feed them, we release one arm, this time when we tried putting it back on he fought." One of the guards tells me. I nod slowly. "Maybe we should stop feeding you Demetri. Would that calm your temper?" I ask he man before me. He spits at my feet. I sigh. "Looks like he doesn't like to eat, from now of he gets water only. After all, that's how he treated my mate and I." I glare down at the man who was the cause of my mates pain. I hated him. "How's my baby?" He smirks up at me. I slam him across the face. "That child will never grow to be yours. It will be mine and Kendall's." I growl, making him laugh. I sigh. "You never learn." As I say this I slam my fist into his face. I repeatedly punch him. Dakota has to eventually pull me off. "Logan calm down." He says, pulling me away. I am breathing heavily. I come to the realization that I almost killed Demetri. I can't kill him, he deserves to suffer for the rest of his life. I look at my hands in shock. I was covered in his blood. I step back and stumble backwards. Dakota catches me. "What did I do?" I ask my brother, completely shocked. I had just beat a man half to death. This wasn't like me at all. I stare at my hands that looked much like Peter's after he beat me. "Your not much better than my father and I. You are just as bloodthirsty." I hear Demetri's vile laugh as he speaks. I shake my head and run out. Ariel make sure Kendall doesn't look at me when I walk in the room.. I tell Ariel through the mind link as I sneak upstairs. She should be asleep. She told me to go because she wanted to sleep. I frown but send back an ok before walking into my room. It's dark inside. I walk to the bathroom and shut the door behind me. I drop to my knees as I stare at my blood covered hands. I didn't hear the door open behind me until it shut. I turn and see Kendall staring at me in shock. "I.. I though you were asleep.." I say, my voice cracking. She walks over and kneels beside me. She looks at my hands then up to my face. "What happened?" She asked. I shake my head. "I got carried away, he made me so angry.. I couldn't let him just talk like that.. like it's his child.." I feel all my anger and emotions rush forward and I start crying. Wow Logan, way to impress your mate! She hugs me. "It's your child Logan.. No matter what this child will be yours." She says softly. I nod and pull away, forcing my tears to stop. I look at my hand and shirt that is now stained with blood from when I punched Demetri. I stand and pull the shirt off, throwing it to the ground. All I could smell was blood and it was making me sick. I turn the shower on and look at my mate who is looking at me with worry. "I need to get the smell of blood off of me.." I tell her and she nods slowly, standing. She smiles at me before walking out and shutting the door. I sigh and take off the rest of my clothes before stepping into the hot shower.