He led us up and as soon as we were at the hall, he attained his usual evil leader poise, hands thrown back, chin and chest pushed up. The hall was as active as the town in the afternoon; he progressed forward catching the attention of his coterie members
"Master Cassuis" one of his childes' called rushing towards him
"There are words that you were killed and Lord Orpheus sent words, about the daughter" he said the last part quietly glancing towards me quickly as he did.
"Lenora always embodies me in my absence and I believe she has done that already," Cassuis said continuing to walk as he did
"Damien joined her too" Cassuis halted a bit at the words before another one of his coterie members approached him, they exchanged words before we continued to the first floor foyer leading us towards the stairs, we all followed after him until we were at the top of the stairs.
"We have accommodations for you on the whole west wall, please"
"Gianna please a word?"
"What do you have to say to me alone?" I said as we occupy an empty room adjourned with a long table situated in the middle of the room and chairs around it. The room was spacious, and to the farthest wall was a wooden dresser at the top of it lined with glasses and all sorts of spirits, he closed the heavy wooden double door behind us quietly. It fell silent as I observed the room as if Cassuis had left
"Something's wrong?"
"You think they will have your back?" he asked going around me, continuing to the length of the room
"I know they will have my back, we have each other's back. I will not let anything harm either of them" I assured gazing at him as he reached the liquor table and reached for the hour glass shaped bottle and poured out some of the content in a 5×5 cm glass
"You are despised, your presence here makes them unsettle and I could only hold off my coterie from harming you. Every other coterie seeks your passing" he chugged at his drink carelessly
"I get that clearly Cassuis" I was about to turn on my heels when I realized that Cassuis didn't have anything important to talk about other than how much I have got to be careful now
"My kindred were attacked, other vampires came looking for you and they will stop at nothing to get you. I don't give a care in the world what ruin come to pass your associates but for you I must protect, for my own benefits of course" I was immediately facing him again as he had struck a nerve in me
"Even if you don't approve" He added looking down straight into my eyes while taking another sip from his glass. In case of not stirring a nasty fight right there, I sped out of the room and stopped nowhere but the room I saw Jake went into before I left with Cassuis.
I placed a hand on the door and sucked in air rapidly to calm down, I hate that Jake was right, I acted stupid back there. I should have taken it upon myself to reach Lord Orpheus on my own and strike all the deals that needed to be worked out. I will have to think of a way to get them out of this, I don't even know why I decided to stop at Jake's. I definitely need some air as I turned on my heels Jake's door opened
"Were you keeping an eye on me just now?" He called; I turned around and saw that he was peeking
"No I wasn't, just looking for the room I'm gonna stay in for the night?" I acted all defensive about it making his face lit up with a smile
"Have a look at mine first, I will help you to find yours afterwards" as he retreated back into his room I felt my cheek warmed, I shook my head in embarrassment before I proceeded to his room seeing that he left the door slightly opened for me, I squeezed into the space and stepped down into the room before closing the door behind me. Turning around I found Jake was shirtless, hands on his hips while he simply watched me, I knew I must have stared hard maybe my mouth even hung open because my throat suddenly felt dry. His skin glowed in the lighting of the room although we had such a tiring day
"If you like, it you can have it" he offered
"What?" I must have sounded dumbstruckJake chuckled and smiled flirtatiously
"The room of course if you like it"
"Of course the room" I laughed somewhere between a stress-relieving and nervous laughter. It all came down awkward after my laughter ditched, just to ease the suppressive atmosphere I proceeded away from the door to the middle of the room looking around, pretending to check it out. I went over to the dresser looking down at the fine wood it was made of
"The room is not my type of stay, I prefer-" I was cut short when I took my hand in his turning my around to face him so that my back would be against the dresser. At first we both gazed down at our hands together before looking back up.
"I will always protect you, even if you don't need me to" He came up close again not looking away from either of our gazes, his free hand slowly reaching for my back; he crashed me into his body suddenly making me gasp rapidly to his move. I saw his lips curl up at one side, his eyes filling up with unspoken desires. He hoist me up against him, my face aligning to his so close that I felt his breath rush down my wind pipe before he dropped me on top of the dresser while he went in-between my legs, I just keenly watch.
Gia would have shied away from him or even probably keep him away from touching me but Gianna would never, instead I equally laid hands on his shoulder and let my fingers play with the hair in the back of his head. In no hurry to set the heating moment on fire, he leaned in to my left ear
"I want to make you mine" his voice was husky, demanding and possessive "…and no one else's" he ended firm and assertive which made me a little scared at his tone but felt secured and overly frenzy
"Then what are you waiting for?"His lips teasingly brush over the sensitive part of my neck while I slowly locked my legs around his waist. Out of the blue his door came open, since my head had been forced the other side I couldn't see who was coming in but as soon as we both heard Jake pulled away quickly and I was left beet red still sitting on the dresser. Jake quickly snatched the shirt he's laid on his bed and pulled it over his head while Maya stepped in the room.
"Relax it's not like I haven't seen you with nothing on before" Maya said bluntly waving her hand in the air. I jumped down from the dresser licking over my lips as I did so,
"It's only a shame that there are no locks," she turned over to the door once more, since it was barely opened all the way you could see the handle locks "Oh! It does" Jake stammered at first before speaking pushing his hair back nervously
"I thought you were still picking out a room with kai?"
"No I was picking out a room for the both of us but I don't think so now. You too can't seem to be apart" she cooed toward us
"Ok now, I'm going to go check out the rooms" I quickly exited not really wanting the atmosphere really uncomfortable for the both of us. She followed quickly after me nudging me with her shoulder playfully
"I knew something's up with the two of you"
"Not at all" I argued She jumped in front of me forcing me to stop right in my track
"There is no shame in admitting that he's your mate, he's very good looking" I immediately felt my cheeks burn intensely
"You think he's my mate?" After we reached our room which was just three doors away from Jake's, Maya was still astounded
After we reached our room which was just three doors away from Jake's, Maya was still astounded by my question that I didn't realize Jake was my mate.
"How could you not know?" she was almost mused by it that she laughed out
"Instead of being contemptuous, you can help out" I said falling into the bed with a grunt, she followed suite and lay beside me
"You can just sense it, it feels like a pull. An urge to be near that individual or better put compelling, you will instantly know that you have found the right person. You will be drawn to each other regardless,"
As she talked I listened but also tried to compare what I felt towards Jake. I had known Jake since before coming here but never actually felt the need to know him and wasn't pulled to him dimly rather this emotions built after I came upon the truth about me. Was it because of the suppressants I took for so long? Could it have been able to suppress the mate bond between us? Most importantly did Jake notice it before? I slowly came to sit up another thought crossing my mind. Of course I wouldn't feel that way because mating in my kind is by will and different, I could always choose. A smile crossed over my features as the worry in my chest elevated, I could choose him but what's drawing Jake to me?
"Wait, can a human be a mate to a werewolf?"
"Yes of course, the human will feel the same sense of knowing and desire to be with the werewolf but the werewolf has stronger pull to the mate"
"Oh" I exhaled deeply lowering myself back in the bed; she frightened me by getting on top of me literarily, with a flare in her eyes
"When are you two getting to make it formal?" she asked excited and almost impatient for me to answer.
"Wait did I interrupt that earlier?" I quickly push her off me; wow really she had some energy in her. I quickly sat up again denying what she was actually the ongoing mating ritual. After I managed to get away from the topic, Leo crashed in and announced that dinner was ready