Chapter １６

Ah, now I know why he always does that.

His breathing had calmed and was almost back to normal when he finally uttered the words,

“Baby don't cry. You're shaking like a leaf. I'm so sorry, please don't be scared of me.”

He sounded so heartbroken. I pulled my head up to look at him and his eyes were back to their beautiful deep blue color. I smiled nervously at him. I didn't want to be, but I was scared of him. There was no denying that. He leaned in and I cautiously allowed him to give me a soft kiss. He lowered me back down to the floor and said,

“I'm so sorry. I completely lost it when I thought that Cassie had hurt you. I couldn't control my wolf.”

“It's not your fault T, it's mine. I shouldn't have pretended to be hurt. I just didn't think.”

I turned around to Cassie. She had her face resting on Tyler's chest, and was sobbing uncontrollably. Tyler was stroking her back, trying to comfort her.

“Oh my God. I’m sorry Cass.” I apologized profusely. She turned her head sideways to look at me and sniffed.

“It's okay Frey, it's not your fault. Werewolves can be really overprotective at times,” she sniffled again. “They get like that when someone hurts their mate.”

Her eyes widened as soon as the words escaped her lips. Tyler's face winced and he sucked in a quick breath.

“Mate?” I questioned in shock.

Tyler and Cassie exchanged looks like they were doing that mime thing again.

“Hey!” I snapped at them. “No fair! Stop having a secret conversation, through your mime link thingy,” I whined.

They stopped instantly, and both turned towards me with smirks on their faces.

“What link?” Tyler asked mockingly while Cassie was holding her hand over her mouth trying to contain a laugh.

“You know what I'm on about. Tristan told me you two mime linked at the table earlier,” I shot my answer back at him.

All three of them doubled over with laughter.

“What?” I questioned in a mix of confusion and frustration.

What is wrong with these people? I thought while furrowing my brow.

They were too busy laughing at me to answer, so I asked in a whiny voice, “What's so bloody funny?”

“Mind link. Not Mime link,” Cassie scoffed back in between snorts of laughter.

I could feel a heat gradually rising up from my chest and my face turned bright red with embarrassment.

“Oh right, mind,” I replied in a low voice. “That makes better sense than mime.”

I chuckled lightly, still mortified that I thought they were doing some sort of mime act. Tristan had managed to stop laughing and put his arm around my shoulder, then pulled me to his side. I reached my arm around his back and he said to me with a chuckle,

“you're so damn cute babe.”

I turned slightly and slapped his chest.

“Hey, you, shut up!”

He chuckled then kissed the top of my head and I could feel his giant grin through my hair. We were all bought back to reality by the sound of my mom shouting up the stairs,

“Hey, are you guys going to your graduation today or not?”

I panicked and shouted at the others,

“Crap! Look at the time. We best get going or we're going to miss our own graduation.”

We all quickly ran down the stairs and out of the front door.

Tyler and Cassie were laughing and play fighting in the back of the car, I giggled to myself as I watch them messing around and having fun. I then watched Tristan. He was holding the passenger side door open for my mom.

He was such a gentleman and very sweet. He was always doing nice things for people and was so darn polite. Watching him be kind to my mom melted my heart. It made me realize that this guy was the love of my life. There were so many things about him that made him perfect. Yeah, the fact that he was a werewolf was a huge deal, and scary as hell. But maybe I could trust him when he said that he will never hurt me?

Maybe, this can work?

A huge smile grew across my face as I imagined a mystical and exciting new future with my Alpha.

“Oi, move over!” I shouted while playfully shoving Tyler's shoulder, so that I could have some more room in the back seat.

Tristan started up the car and music began to play on the radio. It was Meant to be by Bebe Rexha and it was definitely the perfect song for how I was feeling at that moment.

I was a little scared of the new future that was ahead of me, but like the words in the song said, if it's meant to be it'll be. Cassie and I began singing in the back seat, Tyler was sitting between us with his hands over his ears. He screwed up his face like he was disgusted with our singing.

I personally think we sound awesome, so screw him.

We both ignored him and when the chorus kicked in, we sang at the top of our lungs just to piss him off.

Tristan looked at me in the rearview mirror and he was smiling from ear to ear, he then mouthed the words, I love you. I put my arms around his shoulders and whispered in his ear,

“I love you always, forever be mine.”

He placed a soft kiss on my hand which made my heart burst with a warm and fuzzy feeling. I sat back in my seat with a big smile on my face.

My life is pretty damn amazing right now.

I stared out of the window fantasizing about our future when I heard someone calling my name.

“Huh?” I asked Tyler.

He looked back at me with a confused expression, and replied,

“I didn't say anything Frey.”