"Hey it's you!" I shouted at the brunette, recognizing him from the week before.
He stared at me for a minute, trying to remember who I was, before breaking out into a huge grin. "Hey I remember you! You nearly ran me over!"
I laughed while I quickened my pace to get to where he was. Once I got there and our laughter died down, we settled into an awkward silence. I wanted to break it and say something, but my social anxiety kept getting in the way of that. So instead, I let myself get distracted by the tulips in the bark, swaying in the breeze.
The guy said something, but because I was so focused on the tulips, I didn't hear what he was saying. Didn't help that my brain registered the other people's footsteps, the bird calls, and the cars passing by at the same volume as his voice.
"Huh?" I said looking up from the tulips.
"I said that was a pretty nasty fall you took. Are you doing alright?" he asked.
I blinked, blanking out for a second, before remembering what he was talking about. "Oh, yea. I'm fine. A few bruises won't kill me. It was a miracle you grabbed me off my bike before I went into the roadway." And once again, the awkward silence blessed us with its presence. I looked around, trying to avoid making eye contact with the brunette.
In an attempt to break the silence, I took a breath and said, "So... nice weather we're having, isn't it?"
"Yea, I guess so," he responded, and the silence took hold once again. All of a sudden, he bent down and ripped a tulip out of the bark and awkwardly handed it out to me.
"F-for you," he said, a light shade of pink dusting his cheek. My eyes widened, at the unexpected action, and I giggled, taking the flower from his hand. Where was that charismatic ladies' man I saw a week ago who rescued me off my bike?
"Um, wow, uh, thank you...?"
"Kai. My name is Kai."
I smiled and said, "Thank you, Kai."
All Nyla wanted was a mate of her own, now she got one, but only to find out it was not how she envisioned him. After just meeting, Derek, her mate and alpha of the Bloodfang Pack, with his messed up life, he didn't want a mate to put her in harms, but fate wasn't so kind, that it pushed these two together. So what will happen? Read and find out.
Teaser: "Hey Derek, are you okay? Is there a problem?" I asked as he suddenly raised his head slowly.
"Yeah, there is, you," I felt a pain of hurt in my chest hearing his words. "I was trying so hard not to find you but it looks like it's too late now."
Tears almost descended from my eyes, but I blinked more faster to keep them from falling. How could he have said that, it hurt. While his back was turned to me and was ruffling up his hair with his hand, I took the opportunity to get passed him and I walk back towards the party. I needed to find Kim and get out of here, tonight had officially went south.
As I was walking up the steps of the porch, I felt a hand pulled me back and was pressed to a hard chest. What did he wanted now.
"Where do you think your going?" Derek asked as his head was buried in my neck.
"Where else? Inside dumb ass," I spat out in disgust.
"Not with all those wild, un-tamed, un-mated males!" He growled.
"Why it's not like you care about me?" I shot back.
"I don't, but my wolf does" He doesn't want me but his wolf does that's even more hurtful. "He wants you, he wants you now. Your coming with me back to my territory."
"You're an Alpha?" I asked bewildered finding out who my mate is.
"Yes I am and you're coming with me!" He growled out slowly.