I wake up snuggling up to Chetan. We made love for hours last night, and I realized I missed him more than I thought, which I believed was impossible. We slept in our wolf form. When I lay on his chest, my body is colder than he is used to. Hopefully, one day, it won't bother him.
Waking up, I look around. Ajay is up roasting stuff over the fire. It smells good. I haven't smelled cooking food in months. Vampires don't eat. I am sure food would be appearing in my wolf form.
Getting up, I change into my vampire form and walk towards the fire. Nobody else seems to be awake, and I am sure Ash is off rushing through the woods at top speed.
"Good morning Zare," Ajay smiles.
I nod. " You're up early."
"Usually I am," he replies.
He passes me the fish. I change into my wolf form. Taking a bite, it was simply delicious. I forgot how good food tastes.
"Why are you eating in your wolf form?" Ajay looks at me strangely.
"Because vampires don't eat food."
"They can't?" He asks.
"I'm not sure if they actually can't. I just don't think it's appealing to vampires."
"Oh." He laughs.
"Do you like it?" He asks.
"The fish?"
"Well, you're a vampire?" He asks.
"The fish was delicious, but I hate being a vampire."
"Why?" He asks.
"I feel like a monster."
"You're not AB is a monster, '' he tells me.
"You're not worried about Aanya?"
"No, AB will have to go through me to kill her, and I'll rip out his damn heart," he tells me.
I nod. "Good."
"Why are you?" He asks.
"I see the things AB can do. Don't underestimate him."
"I won't," he tells me.
I see Ash approaching. He walks quickly, and it looks like he is holding something. It was a bear. Some type of bear. Did he bring me a whole bear to drink?
"I need help," he yells, rushing toward me.
"What's wrong?" Ajay says, meeting him.
"I thought this was just a normal bear, but when I went to take her down, she turned human and back to a bear," Ash explains.
Ajay runs his hands over the creature. "She's beaten up pretty bad."
"We have to save her," Ash says.
"Do you have any herbal remedies?"
"Yeah, I do in the first aid kit, and I'll go grab it," Ajay responds, dashing off.
"I've never seen a creature like this."
Even with her human form, she had hair all over her face and down her arms. She wears human clothing, black leather pants, and a red flannel shirt.
Ajay is back in moments and has Smoke with him. "Lay her on the ground," Ajay directs Ash.
Ash lays the bear girl on the ground and steps back. The boys fly over her applying the herbal remedies. Smoke stares over her, clutching his chest. He gently rubs her back.
"I think I just found my mark mate," Smoke says.
"What?" Ajay sounds surprised.
"I don't know. I just feel so protective over her," Smoke remarks.
"Oh boy," Ajay says, bringing his hand to his forehead.
"I thought your mark mate has to be a werewolf?"
"I did too, but she is a mythical creature. It seems like some type of bear," Ajay says.
"Yeah."
"Will this herbal stuff work?" Smoke asks, picking the girl up in his arms.
"I hope so," Ajay says.
"Ash, did you attack her?" Ajay asks.
Smoke gives Ash a death stare.
"I knocked her over by jumping on her, and when I went to bite her, I noticed that she was a girl, so I backed off, but me knocking her over wouldn't have done this type of damage somebody already got to her," Ash explains.
Smoke growls.
"I didn't know she was a girl, I swear," Ash says with his hands in the air.
"It's okay. The important thing is you brought her to us," Ajay says.
Ash nods. "I hope she will recover."
"You better hope she does," Smoke hisses.
"Stop Smoke. This isn't his fault. Dealing with these mark mate feelings, is like a bunch of girls on PMS," Ajay laughs.
We all laughed too, because it was very much true. Speaking of mark mates, I see Chetan walking towards us. His hair was a mess, and he was wearing no shirt.
"Looks like you two had a fun night," says Dev, stepping out of the trailer. It is a tiny trailer. Many of us sleep outside, but some of us instead sleep inside.
"It was perfect," Chetan says, kissing me on the cheek.
"We don't need any details," says Ajay walking away.
"He's just being a sore loser," smiles Dev, taking a bite of fish.
"He has Aanya."
"Anaya is like an apple to Ajay. It's sweet, but not as delicious as chocolate. Chocolate is what you are to Ajay," Dev says.
"Well, he better get over it soon, because I can't handle this triangle stuff," Chetan says, stuffing his face.
"I think you're wrong, Dev; he's crazy about Aanya."
"Okay," says Dev, shrugging his shoulders.
Looking over, I noticed that the bear girl was awake. She's staring straight into smoke's eyes. I have seen this plenty of times. It must be that he is her true Mark mate.
I feel pleased that Smoke has found someone. It's honestly about time. I hope it loses him up a bit, and he's less of an asshole. I am making my way toward Ajay. He was already assessing the situation.
"What happened to you, do you remember?" He asks.
"A cold one attacked me." She says.
"Ash comes here," Ajay says.
"Ash did nothing."
"Quiet, Zare," Ajay stares at me.
I roll my eyes.
"Yes, Alpha?" asks Ash.
"Was it him?" Ajay asks.
"He tackled me to the ground, but it wasn't him that attacked me," she says.
"See, I was telling the truth," Ash grins.
"See, you're hoping it would be Ash," I yell at Ajay.
He stands up and looks at me. "Quiet Zare."
"No, you don't trust my judgment. You thought Ash would hurt someone."
"Of course, I don't trust your judgment. You lived with vampires," he yells.
"News flash, Alpha, I am a vampire."
"Zare, I am not in the mood right now," Ajay says with a red face.
"I really don't care if you're not in the mood."
"Chetan, come get your girl," Ajay yells.
"Whatever."
I walk towards Chetan and Dev, who was approaching me laughing.
"Well, you pissed him off," Dev laughs.
"He is just so frustrating. I know he was waiting for her to say it was Ash."
"Well, it wasn't, so that's all that matters," Chetan says.
I look over towards the bear girl. She was walking around. Now I have more questions than ever. Who was she? Is there more like her? How could she be Smoke's mark, mate?