Big Bad Alphas

Chapter 30

"I know, I know, I'm sorry. I've been busy over here. How about I come and pick you up, so you can spend the weekend with me? We can hang out and have fun—do whatever you want." Maybe it is because I feel lonely, but the idea of having Kendra here with me fills up the emptiness currently bugging me.

"Yes! Yes—I'll ask mom right now!" Static sounding noises mix with distant voices, and I assume she is asking right now, staying true to what she said. I hold back my laughs. "She said okay. When are you coming? I'm ready right now," Kendra rushes.

Unexpectedly, I hear the front door open, and my eyes drift over to it. My breathing comes to a halt when Eric appears in my view.

"Isabella?" Kendra mumbles through the phone.

"I-I'll be there tomorrow, alright?" I say the words while Eric watches me. "Get some sleep, you're going to need it."

More excitement shows through the phone, and the small cheers from her make me smile. "Okay Isabella, I'll be ready!" She swiftly hangs up the phone and I glance down at it, wondering if she really is that excited. Reluctantly, I set the phone down and turn back to my mate.

"And where are you going tomorrow?" He questions, sounding quite stiff.

Alpha Kenn appears through the hallway and briefly observes us both. "I'll be outside," he tells Eric and heads right out the door, placing me alone with him.

"I'm going to get my sister. She staying here for the weekend." Is it rude to invite someone into another's house? Hell, it is my house too. Considering that fact that Eric and I are mates, and that we had sex last night, I think I deserve to invite my sister over, especially since he is acting cold. I deserve someone to talk with, and Caroline is much too busy with her fits of worry.

"She is?" Eric questions again, acting as if I have no power as if I have to ask him for permission.

Feeling hurt, overwhelmed, and confused, I plan on escaping to the guest bedroom upstairs, but he grabs my arm before I can make it too far. "Now you want to talk to me?" My eyes stare harshly into his. "Will you tell me what's wrong with you then? What did I do?"

He lets go but says nothing.

"So what? You're going to shut me out now?"

"I don't want you around Alpha Kenn," he says with a demanding undertone, causing my cheeks to flare up.

"How are you worried about him? A-After what we did—"

"I don't trust him around you."

"That's pretty clear." I cross my arms. "I just... I thought what we did would bring us closer, but now I feel rejected by you. You hardly said anything last night, and this morning you didn't wake me up to say goodbye—I woke up alone and naked, it was... Did you not, um, enjoy—"

"Isabella," he cuts me off, most likely saving me from embarrassment, "what we did last night was wonderful."

"Well, it didn't seem like it. For all I knew, you were unsatisfied. So quiet, and then you're gone the next morning."

"What I experienced with you, Isabella... You are all that's on my mind. Alpha Kenn, I see the way he glances at you, how he asks about you—"

"He asked about me?"

Eric nods. "When we were out searching. He was very curious about you. I have wanted you for a long time, and last night I couldn't have waited any longer. Your words, your personality, your body, all of it... You tease me without even knowing. I needed to be with you, I needed you to know how much I care."

My cheeks are rosy and warm. "Then why didn't you say anything afterward, why did you leave in the morning?"

"Because after being as close with you as I can be, all I could think about was losing you."

My shoulders drop. "Eric. Lose me? This isn't one sided. I need you as much as you need me. Now you know how I feel about you and Olivia, your history with her. Sure at first I felt threatened, but I realized that she could never give you want I can. Olivia's mate is out there, and my mate no longer belongs to her."

I reach out to him, taking his hand in mine.

"Alpha Kenn's mate is out there, and he could never give me what you do. I could never be his."