You're my mate... I will never let anything happen to you

Chapter 6

Video is The Dying Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns. Made famous by Anna Pavlova in the early 20th century, and this version is done by the lovely and talented, Nina Ananiashvili. 

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December 12

(2:30 p.m) 

"Natalie?" I heard from over the Tchaikovsky. 

I breathed in heavily for a second and turned to find William sweaty and shirtless.

I ran up to William and stood en Pointe to kiss him deeply. I put my arms around his neck innocently. William kissed back and held my waist closely. 

I pulled out of the short lived kiss. "Aren't you supposed to be on duty?" I asked softly. 

William didn't talk for a while. "I just had to make sure you and Sean were all right. I just found out that those new guys at school are members of the Hoppers." William whispered in a deadly serious tone. 

"Those guys in school are members of the Hoppers?" I asked softly.

I couldn't help but panic at that moment. Evan has my phone number! Oh my goodness, he probably doesn't have a little sister and that was an excuse to get me alone and then attack me! They'd rape me and leave me there to die. 

"One of them somehow got my cell phone number." I cried. "They told me to meet them at some odd location at three and no I was not planning on going in the first place." 

"I know you wouldn't have and do you know who called you?" William asked in a soft manner. 

"Evan," I informed him. 

I went back down onto my feet. "We aren't going back to school, we are going to that location Evan gave you though." 

William pulled me into a tight embrace. "You are coming with me, right?" 

"Of course," He whispered into my ear delicately. 

"Good," I said. 

(3:00 p.m) 

"You can shoot a gun?" William asked me as we drove into the parking lot of the dance studio. 

"Of course," I replied with a slight smirk. "I have high doubts we will have to use the gun though." 

"More than likely this is just a clan with a false history other clans have come up with to get other clans worried and weak." William muttered. 

Reading his thoughts, I can easily tell he is experiencing a good deal of emotional turmoil. I can also tell that he is trying to keep me out of his mind. 

"I just wish Kirk would do something about this, he should have more patrols..." 

"William," I muttered. "What is it? Don't close me out, as you said before 'mates aren't supposed to keep secrets from each other'" 

William ignored the question. "Go inside, if you need help just call for help." 

William turned away from me. I know he isn't telling me something, one by his body language and another by the fact that he is shutting me out of his thoughts. Whatever he is hiding from me, I would surely like to know. 

I stared at him slowly as I walked out of the car with a small duffle bag on my shoulder. 

What is William hiding from me? I know he wants to kill Kirk, about everyone in the clan wants that to happen! I know he has been wanting to increase his rank in the clan, just being mated with me has made him a beta. Perhaps it is power, perhaps he wants to become second ranking in the clan. In all honesty, without being in school, William will get to the rank of third in command by the time he is 25.