"She's my mate!" Zane yelled causing both the man and I to widen our eyes. Mate? Is Zane Australian?
"No. That's not possible. She's-" Zane cut him off with a blow to the jaw.
"Get out before I throw you out of the pack." I took a step back from th...
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The annoying sound of my phone woke me up. Groaning, I blindly patted around for the device and pressed it up against my ear.
"Zane?" I heard a small voice ask. I quickly sat up and furrowed my brows. "Is this Zane?" The voice asked again.
"Devina?" There was a pause as my hopes raised higher.
"No," Shit. "This is Hailey." I looked down at my watched and raised my brows. Then it dawned on me. Something's wrong. I glanced down at the caller ID. My phone didn't recognize the number.
"Where's Devina? Why are you calling at three am?"
"I don't know. We were at the bar and she got super drunk. Then some frat boy came up and they walked outside. I found her phone and jacket outside in the alley. I don't know where she went. Even as drunk as she was, she would never leave with some guy." Devina's best friend explained making me tense. I jumped out of the bed and threw on a shirt.
"What bar?" I quickly asked, rushing around the room to get ready.
"Z's." She softly replied making me smile. That's my bar. I thanked her and God for knowing exactly where the bar was and hung up, all while making my way to the bar. Once I got there, it was still a little busy. I followed her scent to the alley and scanned the area. A few drops of her blood was absorbed into the dark cracked cement while at the end of the alley was more blood, but it wasn't hers. I frowned and looked around trying to follow her scent. Suddenly, a sharp pain formed on my neck. My hand shot up and I felt where the pain was coming from. It wasn't my pain. It was hers. Every once and awhile in my little trance, I'd feel some kind of pain. April said it was just me being clumsy or growing pains, but now that I thought about it, I knew it was Devina. What nineteen-year-old werewolf has growing pains? The pain was right in the crook of my neck. Vampires. I clenched my fists and stomped back to my car. Following her faint scent all the way out of town, I frowned as I saw where she was. Sitting by a little window in a cafe with some guy. My blood boiled as I stomped inside to their table.
"What the hell Devina!" She turned to look at me and raised her eyebrows. The man sitting across from her-the vampire-stood up and stepped in between us. "You know you had Hailey worried sick!" I yelled trying to look behind this guy. Finally, after he didn't move, I shoved him out of my way and glared at Devina. "What are you doing?" She stood up and looked around, telling me to be quiet with her eyes.
"Zane just calm down. It's okay." She looked around again and grabbed my arm, pulling us all outside. "Is she okay? I didn't mean to worry her." I nodded, the only person she should be apologizing to is me. I was more worried than Hailey was. I turned towards the bloodsucker standing very close to my mate and scowled.
"And who the fuck is this? Why are you with a vampire?" Her blue eyes darted from the guy and me. Did she not know what he is?
"What?" She finally spoke. "You're a vampire?" I could tell she was surprised. "Is that how you're still here? You were a vampire the whole time?" She backed away from the guy and stood closer to me.
"Flower, you don't understand. If I told you, you'd run away!" My fists clenched again as he called her Flower.
"Don't. Call. Her. That." I growled, pushing him back away from her.
"And who the hell is this dog?" I punched him straight in the jaw again, hearing a satisfying pop. It's probably broken. I faintly heard Devina gasp before stepping in between us, right as the man threw his first punch. I felt the pain through my body as his fist collided with her cheek. I yanked her back and leveled our eyes.
"How much does it hurt? We should take you to the hospital." The guy behind us froze and immediately started throwing out apologies. "Shut the hell up or I won't hesitate to kill you! In fact, maybe I should. You just punched my mate." His cold, lifeless eyes widened as he looked at Devina.
"Mate?" Devina looked down and nodded like she was ashamed of me.
"You left. You were still alive and you couldn't even bother to let me know. Right after you said how you felt." My heart froze, is this him? Devina turned towards me and sadly smiled. "Zane, this is Forrest. Forrest this is Zane, my mate." I forgot completely about Forrest as she called me her mate. It's been too long without hearing her voice, much less her saying that.
"You'd never be happy with him Devina, and you know it. Come back with me. We can pick up where we left off. We never even had a real date." He sweetly smiled, trying to get her to pick him over me. She frowned and just stared at him. I held my breath, readying myself for her choice.
"I loved you, Forrest. A lot. Then you faked your own death and left me for years. Now you just come back asking me to be with you? I don't think so." She shoved past him and stormed into the cafe, leaving both me and Forrest shocked. When she emerged, she pointed at me. "Now you take me home." I quickly nodded and ushered her into my car.
