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CHAPTER 20 

Christina's POV

I was pressed up against the wall, with Cole leaning over me.

Talk about too close for comfort.

"C-C-C-Cole, go aw-away." I stammered, blushing. 

"Why? Do I make you feel... uncomfortable?" He asked cockily. 

Oh that did it. Cole is just enjoying every second of this. And that- that annoyed the shit out of me. It was annoying how Cole could make me feel this way, and there was nothing I could do about it. Well let's see about that!

"Not at all." I said confidently

Not fazed at all, "Hmmm... that's bull." 

I leaned in closer, "Not at all."

Cole looked a little shocked, but covered it up with a smirk. 

"We'll see about that." 

With that, he left the room. 

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I shifted uncomfortably, damn Cole straight to hell. 

Angrily, I went through the bags, organizing all the clothes into empty drawers near Cole's closet. After I finished sorting through everything, I collapsed on the bed, breathing heavily. God, I need a shower... 

Slowly, I dragged myself out of the bed, pretty much crawling to the bathroom. 

"Christina?" 

I yelped and curled up into a ball out of shock. When all I heard was laughter, I peeked out from under my arm. 

"STOP LAUGHING AT ME TYLER!" I shrieked 

Tyler just laughed harder and leant down to help me up. Being stubborn and all, I knocked away his helping hand and stood up by myself.

"Is there are reason you were crawling?" He asked, still amused. 

"Shower..." I muttered, dragging myself into the bathroom. 

25 minutes later

Ahhhh... that shower was exactly what I needed, I was now all calm and relaxed. 

I unwillingly left the warm shower, and grabbed my towel and dried myself off, looking around for my clothes. 

Oh shit. 

Again? Really?

Poking my head out the door, I made sure that the hallway was completely empty before running to Cole's room, with the towel tightly wrapped around me. 

Right before I got to the door, I heard footsteps coming upstairs. 

Oh shit. 

I sprinted into his room and quickly closed the door- unknowingly on my towel...

"Hey baby girl." Cole said, eyes raking over every inch of my body. 

He got up from the bed, making his way towards me, "Remember when you said I didn't make you feel uncomfortable?"

My heart was racing inside my chest and I could feel my palms getting all clammy. Not trusting my voice at the moment, I just nodded, indicating that I remembered. 

"Well, you still think that?" He asked, now standing in front of me with his arms on either side of my head, trapping me against the door.

"I know so," I said, attempting to sound confident. 

"Hmmm what about now?"

With that he lowered one of his hands and placed it on my exposed leg, trailing it slowly up to my thigh. 

I gasped and fidgeted under his touch, Not going unnoticed, Cole smirked and began tracing small circles on my inner thigh with his thumb. 

"What about now?"

I tried to push his arm away as much as I could without dropping my towel. Mt attempts were pathetic though, his arm probably has twice the strength that I have. 

"Stop it Cole." I ordered weakly. 

I couldn't focus with his hand on my thigh- it was way too distracting. 

"Or what?" 

I looked around frantically, trying to find an escape. 

Then I saw it. 

His one arm resting next to my head created a small gap between him and the wall. So in attempt to get away, I ducked under his arm and backed away. 

Away from Cole, and my towel. 

Fuck my life. 

I shrieked and tried to cover myself as best as I could. I looked cautiously up at Cole, expecting him to be in full on smirk mode, staring at my body. 

Instead, he was frowning. 

He was frowning and staring at my- stomach? 

I looked down confused, oh dear god. 

My scars. 

"What the fuck happened to you?" 

"J-Just give m-me my towel, C-Cole." I stammered out, holding out my hand, while trying to cover myself. 

"God dammit! Christina what happened?" Cole nearly yelled. 

I flinched and quickly grabbed my towel, shielding myself from Cole. 

"Did you cut yourself?" He asked, sounding disgusted.

I couldn't talk. He already has seen these scars... He called me the virgin cutter bitch... Did he forget?  I backed away from him, heart beating quickly. 

"No... I- this wasn't me." I spluttered out

"Who did this to you?" He asked scathingly

"I- I- can't." I choked out, tears running down my face. 

He walked up to me, concern etched out onto his face. He slowly reached his hands up and began wiping away my tears. 

"Who did this to you?" He asked. 

With that I began sobbing. Cole cradled me in his arms and brought me to the bed, letting me sit down. 

"I won't tell you." I chocked out

Cole stiffened, standing up. 

"I am your mate. You will tell me." He ordered. 

I didn't answer, just shook my head. I cringed when I heard the door slam close, sobbing more loudly, I couldn't help but wonder-

What have I ever done to deserve this?

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Cole's POV

I was furious. 

Who the hell did that to my mate? And why couldn't she tell me who it was? What in the world was she so scared of?

"Cole is something wrong?" Mandy asked, looking at my tensed up stance.

"Everything is fine." I snapped, walking out the front door and shifting on the porch steps.

I needed to get away for a while before the Midnight Pack shows up. 

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 Mandy's POV

I quickly ran to Cole's room. 

Something happened with him and Christina, and I needed to make sure she was ok. 

"Christina?" I asked, opening the door

Sobbing noises fill my ears.

Uh-oh

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Christina's Pov

I was still sobbing on the bed when Mandy came in. 

"Christina are you okay?" 

I didn't respond. 

"Here," she said, holding out clothes. 

I quickly changed, sniffling and wiping away my tears. 

"What happened?" 

I guess its time to start explaining. 

2 hours later

I finished telling her about my past- the abuse I went through. She was even crying along with me, hugging me and trying to comfort me. 

"I'm so sorry Christina!" She said, crying softly. 

"I-It's okay..." I whispered

"What was his name?" She spat out

"Graham." I managed to say. 

Her eyes widened slightly, "What is his last name?"

"Collins. Graham Collins." I murmured, wincing at the sound of his name. 

"Oh fuck."

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Mandy's POV

I left the room abruptly, sprinting downstairs using wolf speed.

"Ian!" I screamed.

No response.

I flung open the front door and ran-

right into Ian and Cole.

Cole. 

He looked so pissed off right now.

"Mandy, meet the Midnight pack's alpha- Alpha Collins."

Oh god no!

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Christina's POV

What the hell was that about?

I bet Mandy went to go tell Cole everything. I knew I couldn't trust her.

I went downstairs, only to find that that no one was there.

"Hello?"

"Christina?"

"Tucker? Where is everybody?" I asked, confused

"Outside. A new pack is moving in with us because they were attacked by rouges." Tucker explained

"Come with me, you can meet their alpha."

I let myself be escorted out the door and around to the backyard where the packs now were. More werewolves- great. Just great.

"Christina!" Mandy shrieked rushing to my side.

"What's going-" I froze.

Graham.

"Christina, this is Alpha Collins, he and his pack are going to be staying with us for a while." Cole said, not even looking at me.

"Christina..."

No.

This isn't happening.

"Get away!" I screamed, backing away.

Now all eyes were on me. Oh screw it.

"Christina what the hell?" Cole asked

I looked around frantically. Thankfully, Graham was the only one I knew- unfortunately, he was the worst one.

"Nice to meet you Christina, I can tell we are going to be great friends." He said, smirking.

That's the last thing I heard before I passed out.

My life just got a whole lot worse.

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