"What are you talking about Catherine?" Isabella hisses angrily, thankfully the room was buzzing with excitement and talking so nobody could hear what they were saying
"Are you okay Isabella?" Hunter asks squeezing Isabella's hand comfortingly obviously sensing the unease in the air between his mate and his mother
"Yes, I'm good thank you darling - you go ahead, I'll catch up," Isabella says trying to force the most realistic smile she could muster
"Okay, come find me soon," he says back once against kissing her forehead, then her nose and then finally her mouth before he wondered off doing who knows what.
Isabella turned back to Catherine who was waiting expectantly with a look on her face to tell Isabella that there was no talking her way out of this one, Isabella felt sick to her stomach and just wanted to run out of the room but she couldn't do that - what the hell did this necklace mean and how did Catherine know this meant Isabella was the one unaffected by silver?
"Explain!" Catherine demanded glancing nervously around the room, to double check nobody was listening, she did that at least every minute or so
"There is nothing to explain Catherine, you clearly know more than me so how about you explain," Isabella says feeling surprisingly fierce
"I don't owe you anything, Isabella," Catherine says almost spitting her name out
"What does this necklace mean?" Isabella asks realising she was stilling holding onto it for dear life
"I am not telling you anything... and this meeting tomorrow - yes, of course, I know about it - is cancelled, he'll be on the next plane out tomorrow, you will never find this man again," Catherine says in an almost sing-song voice
"I need answers" Isabella exclaims with tears threatening to appear once again
"And I need my son to not hate me but he will do because he, unfortunately, got you and all your baggage as a mate" Catherine points out angrily, Isabella can't help but almost recoil as the words hit her like a ton of bricks - was this true?
"If it is that bad, why would you do it in the first place?" Isabella asks almost in disbelief
"HE WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO KNOW.." Catherine realises that a couple of people are starting to stare as she pulls Isabella further to the side "What are the chances that you would be Hunter's mate? It's like the world is playing a cruel trick on me...like I said, if you and your baggage hadn't have come along then he would've never even known this was possible and would've never have been looking into it"
"Please do not cancel this meeting, I need answers about my past" Isabella pleads practically ready to get on her hands and knees and beg
"I owe you nothing, do not bother going tomorrow - he will be gone," Catherine says before she lets a witch-like cackle out as she walks away "Oh and Isabella..." Catherine turns back momentarily "do yourself a favour and take off that horrid necklace before anybody else sees it - particularly my husband"
Isabella turns on her heels and rushes further into the room looking for one person and it isn't Hunter for once
-
"Jackson...a word... now" Isabella says incredibly out of breath, her heart sank slightly as she sees the drink in his hand, his bloodshot eyes and slight sway as he walked
"Catherine knows... she knows about me," Isabella says getting straight to the point, Jackson's eyes immediately clear up slightly as if coming into focus
"Oh shit... shit-idy shit shit"
Yep he was wasted
"We need to go and see this man now, she's going to ring them and get him moved out of the country by morning" Isabella explains now in a blind panic and as the words she had just spoke sunk into to Jackson he also became panicked
"I'm in no fit state to go anywhere but my bed," he says with a hiccuped laugh
"Jackson, you either come with me or I go on my own" Isabella shrugs, he looks at her with the best 'angry eyes' he could muster which weren't very good by the way
"That's not fair Isabella, I think we ought to tell Hunter," Jackson says rubbing his eyes and running a frustrated hand through his hair
"You're intoxicated Jackson, not stupid - if we thought it too risky to tell Hunter before, now definitely isn't the right time," Isabella said with an annoyed groan, she realises that she is still wearing the necklace so after mutter 'oh shit' she rips it off of her neck and holds it tightly in her hand, she glances around the room and doesn't see anyone watching
"What's with the necklace?" he asks narrowing his eyes
"It's something to do with all this crap! Catherine noticed it and that's why she knows it is me, she as good as told me it wasn't safe to let Dominic see it" Isabella rushes out, she can feel her panic levels rising with each passing second that they are not leaving to go and find this man they need to speak too, to get some answers
"Oh God, I don't feel well" Jackson grimaces "Let's go"
Isabella says nothing else apart from demanding that Jackson run ahead and bring the car around, he was clearly much quicker than she was with the bump but by the time he managed to get the car she would be waiting
"Bella?" A hand wrapped itself around her wrist forcing her to turn back around "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"... Oh Hunter
"I just need some air" Isabella lies feeling a stabbing in her stomach at lying to her mate
"I'll come with you" Hunter smiles softly rubbing a hand across her stomach lovingly
"No, Hunter! I want to be alone!" she demands taking him back with a look of shock on her face that broke her heart
"What has my mother said to you?" he asks in a scarily calm tone that was still so incredibly menacing
"Nothing Hunter, I just want a moment to myself," Isabella says with a calmer tone but in a forceful way, she was wasting precious time. Before Hunter could say anything else, Isabella ripped her hand out of his grasp and continued to make her way up the stairs, she looked back once to make sure he wasn't following her and he wasn't but he had a murderous look in his eye as he turned on his heel and stalked off in the direction of his mother but now was not the time for waiting around to see what would happen, if anything Hunter's angry distraction could work out positive for Jackson and Isabella
-
When Isabella finally got outside, Jackson was already waiting but as she made her way quickly towards the car she couldn't shake the feeling that she was being followed, she knew it was Hunter but she couldn't quite place the feeling. It wasn't until Jackson jumped out of the car
"Isabella watch out!"
It was too late as she felt a thud on the back of her head which sent her to the floor and her fist opened allowing the necklace to fly free. The pain exploded in the back of Isabella's head but she ignored it as she rolled onto her back to notice... Dominic? Talk about bad in-laws
"It is you! I knew I wasn't imagining that thing around your neck" he spits, Isabella can only water as he swipes a silver blade across her face, he, of course, is holding the protective handle, she hisses at the pain of the open wound but there is no pain from the silver
"Yes, it is me! So what Dominic, why is that so scary?!" Isabella questions with narrowed eyes, Isabella posed no threat to him so why was he so angry and scared?
"You're an abomination! You don't deserve to live!" he yells lifting the knife above his head
"Dominic dude, you're boring me now," Jackson says before getting him in some sort of body lock that causes Dominic to drop the knife and go unconscious "Pressure points" Jackson shrugs at Isabella's questioning look
"You could get in trouble for that Jackson!" Isabella panics
"You're my Queen Isabella, whether you like it or not and you are carrying the future King or Queen. I'm sure your protection is more important that Dominic being a little frustrated when he wakes up" Jackson shrugs "Now let's go and find this guy" Jackson grins fist bumping the air
"Oh shit, you can't drive - I'm going to have to drive" Isabella mutter glancing down at her large stomach, how could she forget that Jackson was in no fit state to drive? She had even been the one to force him to go and get the car in the first place, that could've been disastrous!
"Pft, I'm fine!" Jackson scoffs and yet as he starts to walk towards the car, down a hill of grass instead of the path he slips and falls straight onto his butt "Okay, you're driving!" he yells before getting himself up and wiping himself down - that is apart from the nice new grass stains on his butt that would probably never move even in the wash
A/N I hope you're liking this so far! I love reading your comments so make sure to tell me what you think and what you want to see coming up!
I am also working on a new book that I won't lie could be controversial, the description is down below so check it out and if you like the look of it, give it a read! :)
"The second time William Mason entered Lucia Hansen's life, he almost killed her..."
It had been 7 years since Will and Lucia had seen each other and yet neither of them had forgotten the other, the last time they had seen each other, Will was being thrust into the back of a police car at the docks of Dover before the couple could get on a boat to sail away to a new life together, the problem?
Lucia was 16 and Will was 23... and her science teacher.
When Will comes back into Lucia's life after 7 years he has a new identity, a long-term girlfriend and a child with a rare health condition. Lucia? Well, she has a mate as did I not mention? Lucia is a werewolf
Lucia knows who she should pick and yet when William Mason is around, any rational thought seemed like the impossible task, this scandalous pairing must find a way to make sure their dark past is not brought to the horizon of their bright future.