Her secret mate

Traveling home III

I leaned back and stared at him for a moment.

Sure I wanted to know... no I needed to know... but what is he going to ask me?

"What do you have in mind?"

A playful smile sneaked onto his face as he met my eyes.

"Smart girl."

"What did you expect me to agree with anything you say? I want to know who is after me, but I know better than to trust you unconditionally. I don't trust anyone like that."

"Not even your little boyfriend?"

Taking a deep breath, I answered him with another question instead of explaining myself.

"You said you had conditions? So tell me, what do you want?"

He stared at me for a moment, his eyes zeroing in on my face as he clearly tried to understand why I refused to explain myself. After a few moments, his face changed as he clearly gave in and his face changed, losing the light smile and instead, became quite serious.

"What I was about to tell you had to stay a secret. No one can know that I told you this, especially not your father or your boyfriend."

Okay, this is even more suspicious. What is so important is that I can't tell either of them.

"Why?"

"Well, because both of them haven't told you this and I am not getting in between you. This will cause a threat to my pack and I do not have time to deal with this s**t storm right now."

"So you are saying that Darcy knows it and he hasn't even mentioned it?"

"Well, who do you think is paying half of my fee?"

That asshole, he is hiding this from me.

I could feel anger rising, but this was not the place to lose control.

Taking a few deep breaths, I pushed control back into place.

"Fine, I promise I won't tell anyone."

He took another moment to stare at my face, but this time I am sure he was trying to decide if it was okay to trust me.

"You are in danger."

I looked at him and rolled my eyes.

"I have been in danger since the moment I was born. My father is a crowd favourite, but he pissed more than one powerful family that made him, my mother and me one of the biggest targets on our backs. So this is not new to me. You can keep calm, I can take care of myself."

To my surprise, he laughed.

His laughter was full-chested as he leaned back into his booth.

"Well, that is to be expected, but I am not talking about that type of danger and I am sure that you can take care of yourself just fine, but... but these are a lot more serious spiteful people. You have a real hit on you."

I stared at him shocked.

"So you are saying someone is going here to kill me for money?"

"Well, that is how hits are usually, princess. You want someone dead and you have the money, so you can get people to take care of it."

"I know what a hit means. What I am asking is why?"

"Well, I do not know that also, but whoever ordered the killing has a real grudge at you. They are very persistent and they were almost successful."

"What do you mean?"

"That you were almost killed."

"What? How? How did I not know that someone was attempting to take my life?"

"Well, I said they are good and your boyfriend has a bit of a thing for security, at least when it concerns you. He has stopped all the attempts, but the attacker hasn't stopped. As he is a bit busy right now, they employed me to take you to your father's until he gets a cache to clean it all up."

I stared at Colin as my mind started running in circles.

"How... who...."

To my surprise, he chuckled.

"Well, those are the questions everyone has. If we knew who was out to get you, then it would be a lot easier. We could just kill or threaten them and this all would end, but there is no information about him."

I reached out and grabbed the steaming cup in my palms.

I needed a moment to gather myself.

As the hot cup started to burn my fingers, I looked back at him.

"So do you know anything else?"

"Other than that, even now, they are following us?"

I took a deep breath and pushed the coffee away . I let my face sink into my palms as I tried to process what he said.

Through my open fingers I looked around, trying to see if he was right. My eyes scanned the room, but no one stood out.

"You won't see them, so stop acting suspicious. I can't even pinpoint them all, but I know that they are watching us. I can feel their eyes on me."

Okay, either he is that good or just plain ass crazy... but it is probably a mixture of both. Knowing that my father and Darcy trusted him, meant that he was good... the best, so I knew better then to brush him off just as crazy.

"Freaking great, you sure you don't know why thet are after me?"

He chuckled and looked at the sealing.

"They did not give me a reason and I highly doubt that they know why themselves, but it is pretty easy to guess."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you getting married will bring the biggest pack together. That much power in one hand, is threatening the world as we see it. So there are a lot of people who would be happy if your union broke off. There is a lot of talk that your little boyfriend will have too much power. and that he will ruin this world."

Great...

Politick games, again.

"And there are also a lot of packs that hoped to get your little boyfriend and a lot of packs hoped to get you and your fathers pack. Both of you come with a lot of influence and money, two things each pack values the most. So I am not really surprised that they are trying to stop this. Once you mate, all of their dreams will be lost, at least until one of you dies."

I stared at him and then pushed my fingers through my hair.

"So... so is there something I should be aware of?"

" Don't worry your pretty little head, I will keep you safe."