His Unmarked Territory

30.1 - 'Dad?'

I stomped over to the side of the cell and picked up the keys to open up the deadlock on the Iron Gate. He looked up at me then. Yeah, now he looks at me. Probably thinks I'm letting him out. Ha, sorry bud. I was thinking In my head as I opened up his cell, stepped in and then locked it behind. Meh, could be a bad idea, but I don't think he would try anything dodgy with me... Best to be safe though. So with that, I secretly turned the key back around to keep it unlocked, but he didn't know that.

"What are you doing Evie?" He sighed, URG! He just makes me want to hit him, what's the matter with him!

"You're such an a*shole!" I seethed through my teeth, I would have screamed it then the others would hear.

"So they say" He shrugged. Oh for the love of all that's holy!

"You're my mate!" He was still laying on the floor, so I kicked him in the stomach, - okay not hard, I couldn't bring myself actually to hurt him badly.

"So why are you being such an ass!" I kicked him again, this time I got a response he looked at me and then looked to his stomach.

"You hit like a girl" He noted.

"You want me to hit like a guy?"

From the look on his face, it looked as though he was actually thinking through the answer. "Yeah, why not" He shrugged.

"Arrogant twat!" with that I hit him with all the strength I had. His eyes went wide as a groan escaped his lips.

"Damn, girl you can hit" He breathed, his voice was ragged, and I had to beat the guilt away with an imaginary stick in my brain. He asked for it.

"Why are you being like this? Why can't you even look at me!"

Wesley's POV.

"Why are you being like this? Why can't you even look at me!" I looked straight ahead of me, as her words ran through my head. I didn't understand why I was acting like this. I hardly ever acted like this. Like a jerk, and in front of my own mate as well. I didn't know. I didn't understand. She was my mate, I loved her. There was no in-between. No progression from 'like' to love. I was in love with a girl I knew nothing about, and I wasn't freaked out to admit it to myself.

From the corner of my eye, I could see her drop on her knees in front of me and then push against my shoulder.

"Why are you pushing me away?" She glared, and I looked at her then, and what I saw made my chest feel weird. She looked so vulnerable, so upset. That I felt like hitting myself, ten times harder than she had done herself.

I opened my mouth, to say she was wrong; to tell her I was sorry, but I couldn't. She was right I was pushing her away. Both of the other girls I had been in love with were taken from me, what's to say it won't happen to her?

She shook her head, her eyes glistening with moisture. She searched my eyes, for a moment and then got back up.

"Fine, be that way" She muttered, "You won't have to keep trying because this will all be over tomorrow" She mumbled. My head shot up to see her unlocking the door, walking out and then re-locking it.

"What?" I asked her.

"You heard me" she shrugged.

"But how? What's happening?"

"You're a swap."

"A swap for who?"

"Skylar" I felt my heart drop to the pit of my stomach, Sky?

"I knew you would react like that" She whispered, looking to the ground.

"Respond like what? How did you think I was going to react when you tell my best friend is going to swap places with me!" I growled.