"Baby you're my addiction." - Mr. Perfection
The class ended without me learning anything. Maybe because it was the fact that my mind was jumbled up of thoughts in how and why should I confront Marissa. Not typically confront but asking questions in a nice way at least. I grabbed my bag, sat at the bench far from the other students, and stared blankly at the pages of my notebook. A frown slipped in my face as I blinked back of my mind. I did not have much sleep last night, and the truth is that I was up earlier than I normally was, was also frustrating.
I shrugged my shoulders in a comfortable way and waited Marissa to come out. Minutes later, she walked out of the building and saw me sitting on the bench. I tapped te bench and motioned for her to come forward and sit beside me. She nods her head and instantly sat.
"What is it?" she asked.
My head whipped to stare at her frowning face, "What do you mean?"
She clucked her tongue, "Spade told me that you wanted to speak to me."
I nodded my head, "I want to tell this as soon as possible because it bothers me .... a lot."
She stared at me, "Go on. I want to hear it."
A lumped lodged in my throat, "What kind of relationship did you have with Eric?"
She closed her eyes for a few seconds before looking away, "Nothing, your brother, Eric and I have no relationship."
My eyes narrowed, "What do you mean by that?" I whispered. "I found out that Eric should actually be dead, whereas when I asked Spade, he told me to ask you. As far as I know, your answer does not help me in anyway."
She gulped and the thing had not gone unnoticed in my smoldering gaze, "Nothing. There is really nothing. Besides they may have confused him for someone else."
"Why are you lying to me?" Ichoked making her head snapped up to meet mine. "Why aren't you telling me the truth? I can see the doubt, distress, and the guilt on your Marissa. You are a bad liar."
She stared at me. Awe and what seems like ages, she broke into sobs. I moved closer and patted her back, gulping closed her into a hug. A few seconds, she pulled away a little and frowned when she saw my face.
"You are so strong."she uttered, "I am envious of you."
I bit my lower lip, "I am not." I paused, "I am not strong like what you think. I have my own insecurities, problems and denials in life. There are also times whereas I felt so weak, a coward, that I am afraid I might break myself."
She slighty nodded her head, "Do you really want to know my story Alexa?"
I smiled, "I won't force you, after hearing your cries, I feel so pathetic for shoving whatever I was thinking for you must be out of my mind to do that to a friend."
She took a deep breath, "But I want to." she said and looke me in the eyes and smiled. "You are my friend, you deserve to know everything mostly when it concerns.. " she stopped and looked at the ground.
"Is it really him?" I asked.
She shook her head, "I don't know but they look so much alike." she breathed, "So much that I felt as though my heart cracking into two."
A tear fell from her right eye onto the ground. I took her hand and gave her a reassuring squeeze, "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I-I won't ask anymore."
She shook her head once again and smiled at me. "I need this. At least, to leessen the pain I am feeling from the start."
She cleared her throat and slightky smiled looking at the sky before closing her eyes as I did the same.
"It happened years ago ...."
"Marissa! Marissa!" my name would repeat over and over again from his lips as he walked in the forest.
I giggled silently at my mind as I watched as he walked through the forest. He sniffed the air and growled when he smelled my scent. A deep set of butterflies fluttered in my stomach but not enough to make me go out of my hiding place. He had bee searching for me for the past ten minutes and I still wonder how he got to be a tracker in the pack when he was like this.
He chuckled, "Keep going mate, you know that I am just playing ith you." eh teased when his eyes landed on me with a sift movement, I was already locked in his arms.
With a giggle, I put my arms around his neck, kissed his lips and instatly pulled away which he growled out. I shook my head as laughter bubbled up inside me. He walked towards the clearing and set me down on the ground to lie on the grass. He lay down beside me and slid his arms wrap aound my small waist.
"When can we tell them?" he asked as the guilt washed over my system.
I gulped. "I don't know." i responded and looked at my hands, "I am scared Ethan, what if they do not approve of us being together?"
He shrugged carelessly, "They wouldn't let two mates be far away from each other." he muttered and tightened his grip on me.
With a sigh, I lay my head on his chest, making a deep rumble of approval ripped from his chest. My body hummed with happiness as towhat was happening but there was that funny pit in my stomach. Letting guilt eat me alive for my parents does not know where I was going every night.
My life was doomed. My pack had been rivals with my mates pack and I knew that my family wouldn't let go of it easily. I wouldn't let that happen because I love my pack. I love my family and I need them every step of the way. In the starry night, a falling star flashed in the sky above, I almost smiled knowing that my folks never believed in that of wishes and the name quite fascinates me to no end. I closed my eyes and wished.
"A penny for you thoughts?" he whispered and took a strand of my hair.
My smile grew wider, "Nothing. Just closing my eyes and whishin for this to never stop."
He chuckled, "I wish that too."
A sound of rustled bushes made our enhanced hearings perked up. Ethan sat up and stared at the bushes with narrowed eyes. I gulped and sat beside him, then standing quickly when he stands up and took a step closer.
"Stay here." he ushered at me before taking a step once again.
Seconds later, a giant russet wolf came out from the bushes and glared at Ethan. After him were another russet gray wolf. Dad, Micheal and Caleb! How did they find out where I was!?
Micheal growled at my mate. Then Dad shifted into his human form with a frown on his face seeing me and my mate, "Let go of my daughter." he growled.
My body as my mates body stiffen, "Never."
I stared, awestruck, at what Ethan had just said. Why would he say that? Was he asking for his own death?
"I''ll say this again, let of go of my daughter!" my dad snapped with his eyes going pitch black.
Calb roared and sprand towards my mate with his long claws. Etrhan quickly dodged his attack and changed into a massive light brown wolf. He roared back and sprang towards Caleb when Micheal came in the way and lashed at him. My eyes shifted from one another until it landed on Micheal breathing reaggedly. When Ethan was on top of Caleb, he growled at his sharp canines and was about to get a chuck of Caleb's skin. Dad shoved him away and Ethan whimpered and stood once again.
My eyes snapped back to Ethan and Micheal and saw Ethan's claw sharpening. He was ready to kill my brother. Without thunking of the consequence, I swung into a wolf and shoved Ethan away from my twin brother who was trying his best to stay awake. Panic filled me when I saw my brother's sullen face, almost as if he was dying.
A whimper fell from his lips oft he one I was digging my claws to. I clawed over andover intil I smileed the blood oozing out from the man who tried to kill my family
"Mar-issa." he choked.
I looked, stared at my amte who was looking at me, death clouding his vision that I did not realize he had shifted back to his human form. He smile and lifted his hand to wipe the tears that fell from my eyes like waterfalls.
"You are a bug girl now for being able to protect your f-family." he teased.
I gasped, shifting back into my human form and can't help but stare at his face. He choked as a trickle of blood oozed out from his lips. He kep caressing my cheeks to wipe the tears away before lingering his fingers into my lips. As I tremble at his touch.
"I-I'm sorry if - I won't be there for y-you anymore." he whispered.
"I am so sorry." I breathed not caring if tears spilled out from my eyes, "Sorry, sorry." I kept repeating over and over again.
I screamed for help in the link with my pack while gazing at my mate not caring if they bombarded me with questions as to what was happening. I don't evem have a single clue as to what happened to my family and Caleb for my attention was only on my mate.
He smiled, "Don't cry, it's not your fault." he gasped when the pain hit him.
I cried, "I am so sorry, please don;t leave me. Please, please, please." I murmured. "We will get married when you are healed, okay? T-then we will have pups and we will grow old together, watching our childer have their own family. We still have a lot of plans in our life, so do not do this and be strong for me, okay?"
"A very t-tempting of...fer Marissa." he paused and took a steady breath. "I w-wish... I could l-live longer to e-ex...perience tha-t." his voice cracked.
"Don't do this, Ethan." I breath and caressed his face. "I-I'll get you to thepack house then - then- the pack doctor will heal you and everything will be okay. My pack is coming to fetch us so don't sleep and let me watch yoru beautiful e-eyes. Don;t leave me okay. You promised when we first saw each other that you'll never leave my side. Come one Ethan, don't close your eyes b-because I'll take you to the pack house instantly." I stammered feeling the cold trailes of teardrops on my cheek as I heard the faint beat of his heary. I kept screaming for help back in the pack link to run faster.
He choked not being able to hear my voice anymore, "I- I love y...ou." he ushered before giving me a look at his electrifying blue eyes that I always get lost before slipping into unconsciouseness. Then his heart stopped beating.
A loud agonizing cry left my lips. I screamed and screamed, knowing that my heart was being ripped apart. The sickening crack making em and my wolf crazed.
"I don't know what happened after that. The only thing I remember was the excrutiating pain I felt, harder that first time I shifted. It was though half of me was ripped off and shattered into pieces while the half was only to pump blood in my system. Dad, Micheal and the whole pack tried to make me alive once again." Marissa continued. "I deserve this you know." she sobbed as tears raced down from her eyes. "I killed my own mate after all. The Moon Goddess only gives us one mate that will be there for us side by side but look at what I did, I killed him with my ownhands. I killed the only man that I will love for the rest of my life."
I took a deep breath and opened my eyes. I can't utter a single word after hearing what she said.
"Then there comes your brother," she breathed and laughed a little. "He looked so muh like him. Somuch that it pains me to see him. I am not yet over it you know, I haven't moved on from the death of Ethan - my mate - and I know that my heart would never will. Because werewolves like us only love once."
A tear slipped past my cheek and I never noticed that I was already crying. I cried for Marissa, the fate, and for Ethan. Her deceased mate. And probably, will be her only lover.
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