Chapter 3 #3
“Good for them. And I’d be laughing at you as well if I weren’t so mad at you.
What kind of person says he’s going to feed from me and fuck me before we even know each other’s names?
Not anyone that I want to get to know, that’s for sure.
” He said he’d forgotten he’d said that.
“Well, I didn’t. And you’re not getting in here to do either of them.
Just stay right where you are, and we can talk this way. ”
“All right. I’m sorry.” She told him that wasn’t good enough.
“I’m sorry that I hurt your feelings. I know that I did, and that was uncalled for.
But you have to see things my way. I never wanted to find you in the first place.
” She started to slam the door, and he stopped her.
“That didn’t come out right. I’m thousands of years old, and I’ve been a loner all my life.
Finding you now, at what I considered the end, was startling and irritating.
I’ve been trying to figure out a way to help you out of this predicament and not have to be mated to you at all.
But there isn’t any way, we’re well and truly mates. ”
“I’ve been doing all right on my own, thank you very much.
And the ‘predicament’ that you wish to get me out of is my mother.
She wants the magic that I have.” He asked her what it was.
“I can see the winners of races and games. Not only that, but the lottery winnings, too. And don’t ask me why I told you that last part, I have no idea.
I just want to lead a normal life without someone right around the corner trying to kill me.
She will, too, if I don’t give her what she wants.
She has the mentality that if she can have the winnings that I can get for her, then no one will. And I believe her when she says that.”
“She sounds like a real peach. Is there anything else you can tell me about her? Like, does she have henchmen working for her?” Tabby told him about the bear shifter and the things that he’s done to her when he found her.
“I’ll take care of him when I find him, too.
At the very least, I’ll get with his bruin leader.
That will nip that in the bud. He’ll more than likely kill him if I don’t get to him first.”
“Why would you kill him? He’s done nothing wrong to you.
” She watched as he fought with what he wanted to say.
And when he finally confessed to his reasons, she wasn’t any happier with him than she’d been before.
“Just because he hurts me doesn’t mean that he needs you to kill him.
Why does it seem like you’re very killing happy?
Do you generally go around killing people when they mess with your mate? ”
“I’ve never had a mate before, so I have no idea.
You and I will be learning what it is that I’ll do to people who hurt you.
My first instinct is to kill him, and I love the way that settles in my mind.
” She rolled her eyes at him. “This bear, do you know what color he is or where he started chasing you? I don’t want to get the wrong one in trouble with his bruin. ”
“His name is Carl Wayne. He’s a black bear from Ohio.
The only reason I know that is because he told me one night after he locked me in the basement.
If anyone deserves to be killed, it’s my mother.
She’s done worse to me over the years. One time, she tried to sell me to the highest bidder online.
And when that didn’t work—she was actually surprised to find out that it’s against the law to sell minors, or anyone for that matter, online.
She knew, she just didn’t care, so long as she was making money off of me.
” He again said she sounded like a peach.
“Warm and fuzzy, she’s not. More like the pit inside of it. ”
“I’ll take care of her, too. And she’ll not be bothering you again for money or anything else for that matter.
” She asked him if he was going to kill her.
“If it comes to that. I’m not saying yes or no.
Perhaps she has a quality about her that will make her redeemable. ” Tabby snorted, and Sirous smiled.
“If you believe that, then there isn’t much redeemable about you either.
She’s not a nice person, and as far as I can tell, she never has been.
Since I was an infant, she never cared for me.
” He asked her where he magic had come from.
“I don’t know. My dad was just a human, I was told, but the older I got, the stronger my magic was.
At first, I didn’t realize it was magic and thought it had to do with my brain, but once I was able to do other things, like hide in plain sight, I knew there was more to it than that.
I’ve never had anyone tell me I was anything but human before. ”
“I could tell, but that would mean tasting you. And I know how you feel about me coming close to you.” She asked him if he could really tell what she was by a simple taste of her blood.
“I could tell if you have any shifters in your line and who they might be. As well as tell you if they were dead or alive as well. I’m old, an ancient that is way too old to be starting over with a mate in my life.
But alas, here you are, and we’re going to have to make it work. ”
“I don’t really care if we do or not. As I said, I’ve gotten along well on my own. Not great, but well enough that I’m not dead yet.” He told her that she was immortal. “When did that happen?”
“The moment that I realized that I belonged to you.” He looked out over the fields where she was before looking at her again. “We’ll have to go to the house now so that the others can meet you. I will warn you that they’re an odd lot, but I love them.”
“I’m sure they find something to love about you, too.” He laughed, and she had to smile. “You don’t do that often, do you? Laugh, I mean, you seem surprised when you do it.”
“I’ve not had reason to laugh in a good long time, and it surprises me that you can bring it out of me so easily.
” She asked him how old he was. “Old. Thousands and thousands of years old, and I’m not even the oldest of our group.
That would be Brew, and then there is his mother.
She’s a good woman. You’ll get along well with her and Calla, Brew’s mate. ”
“I’ll go up to the house with you, but no funny business.
No biting me or trying to get into my pants.
I’ll hurt you if you do try.” He said that he’d refrain from trying anything with her until she asked him to do it.
“Don’t hold your breath on that, bucko. I’m stubborn too. In the event that you didn’t get that.”
As they walked up to the house, they talked about what was going on with her mother and Carl.
Carl wasn’t a good person at all and would have raped her several times had she not gotten away from him.
She thought that it would be good to keep that to herself.
There is no telling what Sirous would do if he found that part out.
He seemed like the jealous type to her. And she didn’t need anything more to worry about.