My Mate Crimson Beauty

Chapter Seventeen

Nikki's P.O.V

Hanzo came back to the house and gave me the clothes he had made for me.  I put them on while he waited outside the room. After I was dressed, I called for him to come back in. He came in while I was admiring the clothes in the mirror. It was a beautiful, Black form-fitting kimono with a waterfall of deep purple flowers along the hem. 

"Hanzo it's beautiful thank you!!!" I ran, jumping up and hugged him. 

"Oof!" Hanzo was not expecting that response; I caught him off guard. He scrambled to catch me; the look on his face was priceless. He looked as if I slapped him in the face with a wet fish. 

"Nikki!! You can't do things like that, the baby, you have to think about the baby. You need to be resting, not overexerting yourself. Please be more careful." He set me down carefully as if I were a china doll.

"Hanzo you worry too much. The baby and I are fine, relax you're like an overprotective mother."

It's cute, but I'm not going to tell him that. He would get all bashful like a little boy with a crush for the first time. Kind of reminds me of...Sebastian. 

"Nikki? Your crying, are you okay?! What's wrong?! Is it the baby!? I'll get doc! Wait here!." He was about to run out of the front door before I grabbed his arm. "It's not the baby Hanzo; it's...something else."

"Nikki, talk to me, what's wrong? Whatever it is, I can help. I can try and make it okay again. Just tell me what it is. Please, I can't stand seeing you like this." Hanzo's face showed the pain that he felt for me and also the pity. Damn, there is nothing in this world I hate most ( Aside from my father) is a pity. The anger flared up within me.

"Damn it, Hanzo; you can't make it better. You can't help and why should I tell you anything?! I don't even know you, for all I know you could be a hunter. Being nice to gain my trust, wait for me to let my guard down so you can kill me!!"

"Hunter, kill you? Nikki, what are you talking about? I would never hurt you or your baby! Please trust me!" Hanzo was begging for me to trust him but I just can't, I  have to get out of here. I'm sorry, Hanzo, but I have to go. 

While Hanzo was busy holding me in his arms and trying to comfort me, I just couldn't control myself Athena took over and pushed me to the back seat. 

Hanzo's P.O.V

I held her in my arm's, hoping that she calmed down. But something happened to her; she starts to shake. I pulled away from her to look at her, her eyes ablaze of molten gold, her body shaking forcefully in my arms. "Nikki? Nikki! you're burning up what's going on?"

"Sorry but Nikki is unavailable right now. Can I take a message?" 

I dropped my arms and backed away from Nikki. "Who are you?"

Nikki burst into laughter "Who am I? You're so cute and so naive. Who do you think I am? How am I able to control Nikki's body? and How am I able to know every little detail of your exchange with Nikki thus far Hanzo?"

"Your ... her wolf??" 

"Ding.Ding.Ding..! Give him a cookie!" Her wolf Is very sassy and sarcastic. I was still trying to wrap my head around everything that just happened. 

"Can you at least tell me who I'm talking to? You know my name, but I don't your's."

"Aww, your like a little boy with those big puppy dog eye's. But your right, my name is Athena. Look I had to take the driver's seat to tell you what Nikki won't." I can't believe that this is happening right now. I walk over to the desk in the corner of the room and sit on it. I knew about werewolves but the only ever time I've seen one is either, in wolf form or human. But never have I talked to the wolf itself. This is strange. 

"Okay? What is it that she won't tell me? Let me guess she's in love with me?" I said sarcastically while folding my arms across my chest.

"Yes, well more of a crush."  

The f**k!!? She said that so casually and with a straight face. She has to be f*****g with me! Right?

"That's not funny; I was sarcastic when I said that! Doesn't she have a mate already?!"

"You don't know anything about werewolves, do you?" She asked pointedly. She placed a hands-on her hips. Damn this wolf has an attitude problem. But I guess, I don't have a f*****g clue about werewolves.

"When a werewolf is marked she can do one of two things, one they can accept their mate and well obviously mate.

Second, they can reject the mate and live their life alone or find their second chance mate. But Nikki didn't do either. She ran away. So when a wolf runs away from their mate but is marked, the wolf can fall in love but not completely. They will always have a part of them that is still in love with their mate. Nikki is attracted to you, but she has yet to realise it."

My head is spinning, Nikki is attracted to me, but why should I believe her wolf. For all I know, she could be setting me up, so Nikki has a reason to run away from me.

"I'm sorry, but I'm having a hard time believing this bullshit. If that's the case, then Nikki can tell me herself. Besides, she has only met me. You probably already know about the whole situation we had before you 'taken the driver's seat'."

*Sigh* "Fine, don't believe me but maybe you can believe this......!