War of Fate (Book 2 Completed)

Chapter 13 - The truth about Hunter

Liam ^^^ Like Jake, he is pretty close to how I imagined him. Leo will be next. :)

"Scar, I can explain..." He starts trailing off.

"Go on then." I prompt. He groans rubbing his hands over his face. Is it that bad? He doesn't go to say anything so I continue. "It's not where you were, that's not what I want to know. What I want to know is you kept lying to me, and Reid. I thought we were close enough to tell each other the truth. I've trusted you with the truth about me, now you need to trust me." He still doesn't reply. I groan, and drag myself out of the hot tub and pull a sun dress on top of my bikini. I walk back towards my house, stopping halfway. I turn back to him.

"Come and find me when you will be truthful with me." I tell him. I walk the rest of the way into the house. I go to my kitchen and grab a bag of blood, drinking it slowly. I look at the time and see it says it is 7 o'clock. I've been home longer than I thought. I have only had blood today so I start to make some dinner. When I was back at home, in Hell, one day every week I would cook us dinner. I love the kitchen in Hell; it's spacious and modern – we try to keep everything up to date with Earth. I look over everything I have in my fridge and see I have enough for my curry. It's my dad's favorite dish of mine. I take out all the ingredients, and start to chop he onions.

I have just put the onions, spices, and chicken into the pan when I hear Hunter come in behind me.

"What smells so good?" He asks.

"Are you going to tell me why you lied?" I ask back.

"Why are you so keen to know? We're not together." He inquires curiously. I shrug.

"Jake could have just told me you had to go, but you all made an excuse. Why? People only make excuses if they don't want others to know the real reason."

"So, why do you keep asking?" He asks getting annoyed. I turn from the pan.

"If you hadn't lied to me in the first place, we wouldn't be here. Now, what's so bad that you won't tell me?" I ask putting a hand on my hip.

"I didn't judge you for your secret, so you have to promise to do the same." He says, leaning against the counter next to me. What is it he's hiding? I smell the ingredients in the pan starting to burn so I quickly turn back to the pan, adding tomato sauce and coconut cream. I put the lid on, and turn back to Hunter.

"I'm listening." I tell him expectantly. He sighs before pushing himself off the counter. He reaches determinedly into his jacket pocket.

"Whoa, if that's a ring, it better stay where it is." I advise. He rolls his eyes before pulling out a leather wallet. He throws it down onto the counter. I narrow my eyes, looking at him. I reach for it, waiting for him to tell me otherwise. He doesn't say anything so I pick it up. I look at him curiously before I open it, and my jaw drops.

"Shit. Tell me you're joking. Tell me you stole it." I plead Hunter. He just shakes his head. I look back down at it. A cop's badge and ID stare back at me, taunting me. My mind goes to what my dad would think if he found out I was hanging out with a cop; he probably wouldn't be pleased with me.

"You're not old enough." I comment.

"I'm 22." He replies. I let out a small laugh at the whole situation. I look up at him.

"You need to explain everything." I tell him. "Is your name even Hunter?" He nods.

"My real name is Hunter Slade." He explains. "I went straight into the police academy after high school. About three years ago we had a lead on the grim reapers; we needed someone to go in undercover."