Hey guys, so continuing Payne's P.O.V ...BTW.. Media above .. I'm in love with Taylor Swift's new song Wildest Dream. It has a kind of Lana Del Rey thing going on and I love it.

... She hugged me

She fucking hugged me.

I went rigid in her small arms.

Then it dawned on me. What the fuck am I doing?

I saved her, go me!

But now she was going to have other thoughts. Why can't she just say thank you and leave it like that and we go back our separate ways? Nooo she has to hug me.

Reality slapped me in the face like a bitch.

Caging myself once more I took a breath and got ready to go back to the normal me. The mate bond shit was messing with my brain and the puddle of blood with the limp body with the detached arms has:
M.A.T.E. P.O.S.S.E.S.I.O.N

Written all over that shit.

I placed a hand on Alexis forehead and I got a soft feel of her hair, it was sooo friggin' soft!
Ignoring that little fact, I pushed her away like if she were an annoying toddler.

I saw the instant change in her face but I forced myself to not care.

Clearing my throat, I asked again. "Are you okay?"

Her eyes moved away from my face and grew suddenly distant for a while.

After a few seconds she nodded her head and put a fake smile on her face that I saw straight through.

"Thank you for that." Was her soft reply and her smile faded. She take one last look at me then shook her head. Turning on her heel she began to walk to the direction she came in and watching her walk away from me, I tried not to cry out from the amount of pain emitting from my chest. I actually had to look down to make sure someone hadn't used a shot gun to bust through my chest.

It was the mate thing.

She kept walking.

Only the mate thing.

She was three feet from the forest.

I didn't care.

She entered the forest.

I didn't care about her.

I heard her faint footsteps on the grass.

I didn't like or feel anything toward her.

The sound of her footsteps stopped.

Fuck.

My feet began to move on their own accord but if wasn't like my mind was arguing with them.

The only reason I wanted to get her back is because its not safe our there. Yup. That's the only reason.

But why do I even care that she's safe again? Or.. Right because she's worth too much to go to waste. Worth too much to be with me actually, the most dangerous thing in this woods are probably my sister and I but with us you had enough security from the mini threats.

My steps weren't fast, they were calm and slow and I hated it, the pause between each step could be used for me to think about not making the other.

She wasn't too far up ahead taking steps a little quicker than mine and with her back to me and with each slow step I took, it dawned on me.

We were on the same path but with every step we both took we were even farther apart.

Alex's P.O.V

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

I hugged him.

Stupid move really.

What did I expect, him to hug me back?

Ha! Yeah and then he'll get on his knees and declare his love to me.

Sure. Not happening in my wildest dreams.

He was so soft though, he was thick muscle under his black T-shirt and it wasn't like he was bulcky with muscle. He was incredibly strong but his body wasn't huge. I loved the way he felt against me. His scent made me feel to never let him go. A mix of dark spices and something else.

In another lifetime, I'd be able to wrap my arms around him and feel him hug me back.

Looking ahead of me, I let my mind go to wonder what I lost. Even if it truly wasn't even mine.

The bright sunlight shone down on the tall trees above me piercing through every crack and corner it got. Brightening the beautiful place. The trees seemed to form and arch leading to my way out but I didn't want to leave. I had to however.

Somewhere between my steps a few tears had fallen but I didn't care. It wasn't as if there was anyone around.

I was weak. Useless and no one wanted me.

Dimitry had taken me from these same forest last night and even now as I'm returned to them I cannot remember what was my plan when I returned back to Payne. I didn't know what to tell him. Nothing could change his mind.

Drawing back thoughts of how I spent the last night it had my blood boiling. Dimitry had forced me to sleep in his arms and I had fully expected to get sexually harassed by him but instead he treated me like a trophy that he won. He tried to feed me and he even offered me a bath and he claimed he would have even given me privacy. He'd also told me about how his mate left him the instant she met him and it was sad because I could relate to him. My mate didn't leave me but he didn't want me. Different scenario but same hurt.

Pulling myself out of my depressing thoughts I let my senses roam around me. Focussing on where I'm going.
There was a human village about a hundred miles from where I stood and there was a possibility of reaching there in a few hours using my wolf's speed.

With my sences alive I picked up a scent that had me turning.

Impossible.

Payne stood about ten feet away from me and as I turned to face him he halted in his step.

His grey eyes held mine captive as we stood there. His eyes had a dark shadow behind them as always but now they seemed even more intense.

Gathering all my courage I asked, "What are you doing?"

He shrugged. Not an answer.

"Payne, what are you doing following me?" I asked, I knew saying his name was pushing my luck but he didn't even flinch as I said it. Good sign I guess.

My heart was pounding in my chest but I tried to keep my exterior calm and collected as I could be.

Wiping the tears from on my face I saw his eyes follow my hand's movements.

He still didn't answer so I had to push. I should just turn and walk away, that was the right thing to do but what was he doing following me?

With newfound strenght added together with the courage I had pulled up I took a step toward him. He didn't step back. His eyes just stared at the movement.

Then they dropped. They landed on the ground right in front of me and I noticed that his shoulders were loose and he looked.
Vulnerable.
What the hell did I miss?
Was this a joke? Or was Payne really sad?

It felt as though all the blood in my face drained when I realized what I wanted to ask. "Payne, what are you feeling?"

His eyes shot up to mine and it was as if they sucked me into him. I felt it all. He was feeling exaclty as I did. I didn't want to go and he didn't want me to.

I almost cried at the revelation even though he hadn't said anything.

Dear goddess above, is this real?

"I don't want to go Payne." Was all I stated and no longer was my voice strong and stable. It was almost a whisper as it left my mouth.

He slowly nodded and I took another step toward him. What the hell was I doing?

"Please don't make me go." I pleaded and he bowed his head once again and looked at the floor.

"I don't want to leave you Payne." I took another step and that was when he did do something. He stepped back and his head flew up and his eyes held rage in them.

"Wh-" I began but he cut me off.

"Did he touch you?" Was his question and at first I flinched back at his deep angered tone that was basically a growl out of his mouth and then I realized what was his deal. His wolf and his emotions were getting mixed together and he didn't know what to do.

I should have noticed this earlier, I mean he did rip Dimitry's arm off his body and growled at the Alpha to leave. I didn't know if he'd noticed but he called me his, but his eyes were a full on black showing that his wolf meant that, he didn't feel the same however.

"No... Well.. not like that." Was my lame answer and he didn't even relax as much as he stiffened up.

Shaking his head and passing a hand over his hard jawline, he shook himself out of his vulnerable seconds.

"You can come back to the castle if you want. I take back what I said." Was his big line and I felt my heart swell in my chest.

Thank goddess above.

Then I remembered something that had my sudden joy dampening.

"What sence would it make, your sister and you are leaving in a few days." This time I looked to the ground feeling terrible. He wasn't going to take me with him. He'd stated that a while ago. It's best if I left and went to the human village. At least I could find something there.

I'd be trapped in that horrendous castle of theirs all by myself and who knows what could happen. Camillia has already disliked me and I don't know anyone else there. It'd be the torture I was supposed to go through from the very beginning.

When it felt like Payne wasn't going to answer, probably thought he didn't have to, I turned on my feet and began walking in the direction I was previously going in.

I didn't make it two steps though.

He spoke and when he did, there wasn't a word invented yet to describe the feeling I got. Shock didn't seem to cover it either.

"You'll come with us, to our home then."

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