Last To Know (The Wanted)

Chapter Twenty-Two

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For the next week I sat lonely in the corners while the other girls opened letters from their lovers. They squealed over their romantic mates and about how much they missed them.

I felt something inside of me break when Danielle told me no letter had come from Tom. He was mentioned in Max's letter, however. Max had mentioned that Tom was in charge of a large troop and maneuvering a complicated plan which took a lot of focus.

That didn't make me feel any better.

I was especially bored since Jacie kept a close eye on me. I wasn't allowed to venture outside of the safe house or write to anybody, not even Tom just in case I tricked them and wrote my letter to Carmichael or King Matthies.

"I am sure Tom misses you like crazy. Maybe it just hurts too much to write." Hailey sighed, rubbing my back. I shrugged away and stood up.

"Well it hurts that he doesn't write either. I thought that once the allied forces came in then the five of them would be able to come back." I sighed.

"Maisie, honey, you need to understand the importance of the secrecy of this house." Talia told me. I looked down, realizing Carmichael and King Matthies knew where this house was. However, they chose not to seize it. They knew they would lose the war, yet they made no move to try to gain the upper hand.

I was getting angry with not only myself, but with Tom and Carmichael and Matthies as well. I went to my room and closed the door, sitting down at the small desk. I heard a whimper and turned to see Chance looking at me, his head cocked to the side with a cute expression.

"At least you still love me." I smiled, scratching behind his ears.

It wasn't hard to understand why it hurt so much that he didn't write.

Damnit, I loved him. That was why I had done everything that I did. That was why we were mated. Why King Matthies declared war on us on behalf of his beloved daughter, Princess Ava.

There were three fighting portions of my conscious. Two of them were at head to head and the other was still there, but tiny and abused.

One side said that I had to surrender myself because I loved Tom and I owed it to him to protect him. I mean, I was a vampire. I could take care of myself.

Another side told me to believe Danielle. That Tom was busy and it hurt his focus too much to write to me. And that when he got back to me he would apologize and shower me with hugs and kisses.

A tiny third part told me that Tom didn't love me and probably met some girl on the battlefield and was probably in love with someone else, or warming up to the idea of choosing Ava over me.

The other parts of my brain told that one to shut up.

I knew I wasn't super special. I wasn't stunning, lean, or very balanced. I could see why Tom would choose Ava over me.

But even if he did I would be hurt. I mean, I already was hurt. All this time Tom told me he had waited centuries to find me. But now that he's got me, nothing good has happened.

"You're thinking too hard." Someone said, making me jump. I looked up to see Talia.

"I just don't feel it." I murmured.

"Tom does love you. And he misses you. His one motive for fighting his ass off is you, Mais."

"Talia, I need to ask you something." I said. She nodded and came into the room, closing the door behind her.

"Anything." She told me. I took a deep breath.

"You've been with Max a long time, Talia... I was wondering if you ever doubted your relationship. Or felt like it wasn't as strong as it could be. Or maybe like it seemed like a one-sided relationship." I asked. She bit her lip.

"How much has Tom told you about his past?"

"Not much..." I thought back. Only about how Kassimuss adopted him, really.

"There's something you need to know. Before you, Tom was a major player. He slept with any girl he could get his hands on. Because of that, he didn't experience long-term real relationships. You're his first and I just think he doesn't quite know what he is doing."

"Tom was a player?" I asked.

My mind flashed back to the night we mated. He told me I was his first and one and only.

He lied.

"I'm sorry I had to tell you this way." Talia sighed before getting up and slowly leaving. I felt my heart shattering.

That was what players did. They worked their way into someone's heart, manipulated it, then crushed it. And then they left when they got bored.

I panicked when I realized what was going on.

Tom was bored of me and would soon leave me.

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