Second Chances:HOPE & FAITH

Liars

"How?" I asked. Alaric looked at me and smiled. He came in close to brush my hair with his fingers.

"She will be reborn in you," he said.

"WHAT! You can't," I screamed. I pushed his hand away from my hair. I tried to run out of the room but he caught me and pushed me on to the bed. He came over to me and got on top of me. He closed his eyes and kissed me. I tried to push him off but his grip on my wrist was tight. I was able to move my knee under his groin and I pushed it as hard as I could. He rolled over in pain and I ran out of the room.

"Aidan!"

"Aidan!" I was calling for Aidan and I ran as fast as I could. I was trying to feel his presence but I couldn't pick up on anything. Suddenly I hear Alaric.

"Hope, you can run but you can't hide," he said hauntingly. He was soon standing in front of me and trying to grab me. I pushed him away and fell to the ground by the force of his own push back. He grabbed my wrists again and got on top of me again. He was kissing my neck and I started to rock from side to side. I was trying to fight him off of me but it was no use. I did the only thing I could think of.

"Aidan," I shouted once more. I shouted until I couldn't anymore. Alaric and grabbed my wrist with one hand and covered my mouth with the other. I was biting his hand when all of a sudden he is pushed off of me.

"You son of a b***h," Aidan said. He went over to him and punched him repeatedly.

"How?" Alaric said.

"My mate called for me," he replied. Lucas came running in and he came to pick me up.

"Lucas, what happened to you?" I asked him. He was bleeding in his chest.

"Aidan pushed his claws into me, I woke up soon after," he said. Aidan was beating the crap out of Alaric and then suddenly Alaric gets him by surprise and pulls him to the ground. Alaric runs out of the house and Lucas and Aidan run after him. They come back thirty minutes later. I was sitting on the couch and trying to understand everything.

"He got away," Lucas said.

"WE WILL FIND HIM!" Aidan said assertively. Aidan came close to me and tried to hold my hand.

"Don't" I said. Lucas walked away and headed upstairs.

"Please, I had no choice," he said.

"No choice, no choice. You said she was dead and you wanted to keep me safe, liar" I rambled.

"I didn't want to do it and she is dead. She wasn't really like you and me. I probably was doing that by myself," he said.

"Your an i***t," I said.

"I didn't want to see her sad and hurt," Aidan explained.

"I know, neither did I. Okay, trust me I understand but it still hurt me," I shouted.

"None of that took away my love for you. The extreme amount of love I have for you," he said. I pulled him into me so I was laying on the couch and he was on top of me. I was stroking his hair with my fingers and he moved his hands up and down my thighs. He lowered his head into my center and began to lick at my core. He was very forceful and eager. I held on to his head and let my head fall back in ecstasy. I closed my eyes as I got close to my release.

"You taste so sweet," Aidan said. He kissed me and slammed into me. I could feel him inside of me and my body became hot.

"Aidan!" I shouted.

"f**k, Hope," he replied. He was about to c*m inside of me and shouted "f**k!!"

"I love you," I said as my breathing became shallow.

"I love you so much," he replied with deep breaths in between. He carried me upstairs and we fell asleep. It was 3 am and I couldn't sleep. I went downstairs and into the kitchen. It was moments like this that I hated this big mansion. It was dark and scary. I know they are all werewolves so if I scream they will come running but it was still worrisome. If someone came out of nowhere that would freak me out. I went to grab some milk and cookies. I sat on the counter and ate my cookies. I heard a noise and looked around.

"Can I have some," Lucas said.

"Damn you, you scared me," I said.

"Sorry, now give me a cookie," he demanded. I took a cookie and held it out like I was going to give it to him but ate it instead. "Really."

"Sorry, here," I handed him a cookie from the pack.

"I want that one," he said pointing to my mouth. I was about to say something but he immediately put his lips on mine. I was taken back but I didn't stop it. I hated myself for it but this pull was strong.

"I'm not dead, I'm right here and you kissed me knowing I would be around to live with that forever," he said. "I didn't mean to," I tried to explain. He crashed his lips on mine again. He was standing in between my legs and push me into the counter.

"Stop, please. You know I can't and won't," I told him.

"I know but I needed to show you I felt this way," Lucas said. "Be more careful next time because I WILL NOT BE IGNORED." We both laugh and he lets me down off the counter. I gave him a hug and he headed back upstairs first. I was putting away my cup when I felt a cold breeze. I turned around and saw Faith. It was ghost faith. She was looking at me. Oh, s**t was she disappointed. f**k I really screwed up. I ran after her and she was moving faster than usual. I ran to her and she led me back to the same place as always. I was waiting for her to disappear into the waterfall but she just stood there. She turned to look at me and said: "I'm sorry." She grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the waterfall. I was soaked and it was getting hard to stay afloat. She pulled me and pulled me until suddenly everything went blank.

I was sitting in a car. I looked at the driver seat and saw Faith. She was on the phone and sounded frantic.

"Where is he," Faith said. "Tell me is he okay,"

"He's okay," a man said from the other said of the phone. "You need to come home now, he needs you."

"I'm on my way, my parents didn't want to leave but I can't stay if Aidan is in trouble." Faith responded. 

"Be careful, I'll call you if I know anything else. Just meet me where I told you," he said.

"I'll be there as soon as I can," she replied and quickly hung up. She threw her phone on the passenger seat and it landed on my lap. I looked at the name on the screen.

LUCAS...

Lucas called her and told her to come home. She thought Aidan was in trouble. I didn't understand. As I sat there in the passenger seat I was starting to have trouble breathing. I was coughing up water. I looked at Faith and her face looked worried. I then heard a slam and felt the car being pushed across the road. Everything went black but I still couldn't breathe. I opened my eyes and was submerged underwater. I began to swim to the top and let out a breath. I swam out of the water and fell onto the grass. I looked up at the stars and felt so unsure of everything. I was thinking about all these people that had just come into my life so randomly. "Why did all of this happen to me," I thought to myself. I then remembered something I read in one of Alaric's letters to Faith. I ran back to the mansion and walked into Aidan's bedroom as quietly as I could. I looked at him sleeping in his bed. He looked so peaceful. I felt all the love I had come to gather these past months. I really did love this man. I grabbed the letters off the side table by his chair and sat down. I looked for the one he wrote but got sent back to him unopened.

My dearest Faith,

Please do not be afraid I am on my way. I will not let anyone hurt you. I will protect you. Please believe me. Hold my words close to your heart Faith. I will save you. We have a whole life to live you and I. I will never let any other man, have you. I sent word to my half brother and I will have his pack help me. I will kill your alpha and his entire pack if I have too. I have the strength and motivation to do so I will hurt anyone who tries to take you from me.....  I will be there soon. 

Forever yours, Alaric.

"Alaric has a half brother," I thought. His half brother was going to help him get Faith away from her pack. So he might also help her bring her back to him. "Lucas," I thought. It makes sense. If Lucas realized Faith was his brothers soon to be mate then he would have helped him get her away from Aidan. She was alone and far away from Aidan at the time. It would be easy to get to her then. I tiptoed out of Aidan's room and then ran to Lucas's bedroom.

"You son of a b***h," I said.

"Change your mind," he said slyly. I threw the closest thing I could find at him.

"You called ... YOU CALLED FAITH THAT NIGHT SHE DIED!" I shouted. I was freaking out. I didn't want Aidan to hear me and wake up but I was so angry.

"How did you..," he tried to speak.

"You told her Aidan was in trouble but he wasn't was he," I said sternly.

"It's not what you think Hope," he tried to explain.

"Liar, you ... you're the reason she..," I couldn't finish my sentence. I ran out of his room and out to the garage. I got keys from the wall and got into a jeep and drove off. I didn't want to face reality. I didn't want to be the one to tell Aidan. My heart started to hurt and I knew it was because I was leaving him. I knew the moment Aidan felt my presence leaving his territory. I wondered if he would come for me. I made it home in a few hours. I didn't have my keys to the apartment but I just looked for the spare by the fire hydrant. I walked into my room and it was about 6 am. I went into my room and crashed on my bed. I was trying to close my eyes but I heard a knock on my door.

"Olivia?" I asked.

"It's me," Jackson responded. I told him he could come in. He walked up to the edge of my bed.

"You okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm just tired," I said.

"Oh okay, goodnight," Jackson said. " I'm glad your back."