My Mate Or The Alpha

Chapter 20: Why Am I Here?

Diane P.O.V

I draw in a breath and I feel my diaphragm expand and go back to normal. I wiggle my toes and open my eyes. I find my self in an all too familiar room. I sit up and notice Nick in a chair half asleep. 

"Nick?" He wakes up. 

"Close enough darling, but I'm actually Charles, Nicholas's twin brother." He walked over to me. 

"Twin brother? Nick never mentioned a twin." I'm confused. 

"Well I'm quite insulted." Sarcasm dripped off his lips. 

"Anyway... Where's Nick?" I don't trust this guy. 

"Sleeping." Hm, well today must be Charlie's lucky day. 

I pushed my self off of bed kicking Charles down where the sun doesn't shine as he was standing on the feet of the bed. 

"Hmr!" He groaned in pain as he is hurling around on the floor. 

"I can see why my brother likes you. He always loved a fight. You're feisty, but I'm stronger." He spoke in a restrained voice. He kicked the back of my legs making me fall on the floor next to him.  

"Oh save me the macho crap." I stood up again, not much effort invested. 

I walked away as he was still on the floor.  I leave the room finding Nick on the floor of the passage next to the door of the room that I was in.  

"Dee?" He looked at me with eyes as crystals, threatening to break. 

I simply nodded feeling my eyes threatening to cry as well. He stood up and twirled us around, a stray tear escaped my eye. 

"Ha! I can't believe you're okay." He spoke in a relieved tone. He placed me down on the floor.

"Well I'm not that easy to kill." I winked. 

"Why am--" I was cut off by someone putting their hand over my mouth and dragging me into the room. 

"We're not done you slut!" It was Charles. 

"When will--" I was cut off once more by Nick busting the door open. 

I'm in deep shit now. Who is who? They're identical. 

Nick punched Charlie in the throat... Well, okay. Got the message;  you're Nick. 

"Come." He commanded.  Ooh, I like when he gets all male alpha. It's hot.  

I followed him into his room no questions asked. He layed down on the bed and patted the spot between his legs, in a way, telling me to sit there. I obliged and proceeded with my little questionnaire. 

"Why am I here?" The one question in my mind, now out there. Hanging on the tense air. 

Nick wrapped me in a tight embrace. He drew in a quick breath and kissed the top of my head. 

"I couldn't bear the thought of loosing you. When you--" His voice cracked slightly. He exhaled closing his eyes. He opened them and turned me slightly making me face him. 

"You mean a greater deal to me than I say and when you were laying on the feet of the stairs, I couldn't do anything. I tried and I was desperate. I got in the car and started driving. I thought of different places and people to ask for help. But--" He paused. 

"Do you know what my mind thought of in that drive?"I sat there in silence. 

"The moment when I asked you to become my girlfriend. One of the happiest days of my life. Do you remember what I said?" I simply nodded, feeling a lump form in my throat. 

" 'Ever since we were 5 years old and your parents brought you to my house and you stood in my porch with a beautiful bright toothy smile, I loved you. ' "   I quoted reminiscing. 

"Everything started here. If someone could help you; it was them, the pack." He reasoned.

"Do you really think that they'd help me?" I questioned. 

"Your mother hates me because she thinks that I took you from her and now her little hench man, your brother who I didn't know existed by the way..." I gave him a sharp look. "Hates me too." 

"Yeah about Charles..." Nick scratched the back of his neck. 

"Yeah about him." 

"Well the thing is that he was in Europe studying, and since my mom felt empty, she brought him back. He doesn't really know you, that's why he was so defensive." 

"Well, actually..." I gave him a sheepish grin. 

"What have you done now? You naughty wolf..." He smiled amused. 

"Naughty?" I asked mischievously.

"Yeah, quite naughty." he gave a cocky smirk.

"Well, when I woke up I sorta kicked your brother down under." I gave him a closed-mouth smile. 

"Now I understand why he was vexed."  He snickered. 

"I talked to Kayla." I blurred out. 

"When? How?--" 

"Calm down." I cut off Nick's questions. 

"All the symptoms that we were feeling, all of the head aches and the fevers, they were all part of her spell. She was casting a sleeping curse upon me." I finished, Nick sat quiet. My back was now to him as he still held me tight. 

"It was all to get into my head. To talk to me." I reasoned. 

"What'd she want?" He asked roughly. 

"She made a deal with me, well, actually more like a proposition. I haven't answered her."

"Well by whatever witchy woo method that she found to talk to you, you will  tell her that your final answer is no." He dictated. 

"You haven't even herd what she proposed." I muttered slightly pissed. 

"I don't need to. She's a freaking legend for destroying life's. She's the most powerful witch in what used to be her coven. She's  the synthesis of a witch, a seer, a psychic and a siren. No matter what she promised you, you will always be on the loosing side of things. I'm just trying to protect you."

"Well she has some fish to fry with my parents and she asked me to help her  free the world of the cancer that my parents are." 

"Well do whatever you want. " Nick answered dryly giving the wall a side ways glance. 

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A/N: Double update what do you all say?   

Lots of love

~Abby