Chapter 9

My wolf purred at the fact his little mate was speaking to him. But my senses came back and my body stiffened when I realized what thoughts I had been having. "No." Like hell I wanted to talk to her. In the few seconds of silence I prayed she had got message and walked away, though the strong smell of vanilla and roses told me otherwise. "I think we-" She began, but I cut her off. I couldn't listen to the voice that had my wolf going crazy inside of me anymore. "There is no we!" I growled. "Just back the hell off loser." Damn, why can't this girl take a hint? The growling from my wolf told me he wasn't too happy with the way I was speaking to her, but I didn't care. Like I said it's his mate, not mine. "Hey!" She yelled as her hand reached up and grabbed my shoulder. In that moment everything stopped, the world around me disappeared and all I could concentrate on was the warmth that seeped through my shirt from her small hand. I could feel, even through the little contact our bodies made that she had tensed up. I knew because my body had done the same. I had to press my lips together to push back the howl of ecstasy that threatened to escape at her touch. Mate. My wolf used his strength to push me closer to her, but I tried to fight against it. He wanted to mark his mate, to claim her as his right at that second. Go to her. "Go!" I growled. I could tell by Anna's expression that my eyes had turned onyx black and the smug smirk she wore only lasted seconds before I wiped it off her face. "Anna, get the hell away from me." The Alpha tone I used left no room for argument. With a small bow, she left without another word. I felt Carlie step closer to me and it took all I had to stop my wolf from taking her there and then. "Calm down, please. We can talk about everything, about us." Her soothing voice sent a shiver through my body. I hated it. And what I hated even more was the fact she could actually calm me down. My wolf let out a whimper, following her order, as her sweet voice filtered through my ears. In seconds I had her against the lockers, my body was flush against hers and I hadn't missed that her body fit with mine perfectly. Her eyes widened as she took in my expression. My clenched jaw and my black eyes, I'm pretty sure it wasn't what the expression she was expecting. I pressed my body against hers, closing the last few inches between us and I could see the fear in her gold eyes. This has to be done. Mark her. My wolf ordered. Make her ours. I took a deep breath, knowing my wolf would give me hell for it. "I'll say this once and only once. I want nothing to do with you. I don't want you as my mate or anything else, do you understand?" My wolf growled, the realization of what I was doing hit him and he didn't like it one bit. "I never want you to speak, touch or look at me again. This will be the last thing I will say to you, so listen loud and clear nerd." I paused, taking a deep breath. I wanted her to understand that this wasn't a heat of the moment thing, this is what I wanted. The soft, sweet scent of vanilla and roses swept over me and I couldn't help but inhale deeper. Carlie wasn't right for me, but man did she have one hell of a scent. Don't! My wolf cried. I had never felt him so weak. Look at what you're doing to her. To both of them, you're destroying them. Ignoring his growls and cries I spoke the words before I could take them back. They needed to be said. She needed to hear them. But what shocked me most was that I felt as if I needed to hear them to believe it was true. To truly believe I didn't want her. "I, Adan Williams reject you, Carlie Berry as my mate." I watched as the tears fell silently down her rosy cheeks. Her eyes, once sparkling almost instantly went dull and blank. I turned away, shutting out my wolf's voice telling me to go back to her, and walked down the corridor and out of the school doors. It was just my wolf's whimpering that had me feeling as if my heart was breaking, right? * * * To say I was in a bad mood was an understatement. My wolf hadn't spoken to me since I walked out of school, though the odd whimper was too much for him to hide and for some unknown reason I had a pain in my chest that just wouldn't let up. The pack house was full, meaning I had a hundred voices in my head all at once and that pissed me off. I had tried to block them out, but I couldn't concentrate long enough to do it. Hell, I couldn't concentrate on one thing for more than five seconds. "What's up with you?" Cole asked, his eyes shifting momentarily from the tv to me. I grumbled something untellable and fell back onto the couch, resting my feet on the wooden table and grabbing a drink from the side. "Come on man, you've been like this for days. Anything wrong with the pack?" Cole asked. Not bothering to speak, I simply shook my head. "Problems with the Alpha?" Shaking my head again he sighed and walked over before taking the seat next to me. "Come on, Adan." He said playfully punching my arm, "Is it girl trouble?" My body froze, which of course gave him his answer.