Lost & Found

Have to think fast

Kyle's POV:

When I saw her hugging Nathan, I was ready to beat the crap out of him. He was my friend, but in that second it felt like he was my worst enemy. And that smile on her face made it even worse. How could she be smiling? She never smiled like that at me and that was pissing me off even more.

I was trying to make her react in literally any way. And nothing really happened. Only that every second that I spend with Vivienne was making me go nuts. She was so shallow talking only about herself, I honestly couldn't understand how I could spend time with her before willingly. After one day, I was ready to give up, but Bryan stopped me.

"Trust me with this. She reacts, even when she is trying to hide it. I was looking as we planned before and she was looking at you. Checking the situation."

"That's not enough! What if she really doesn't feel it?" Bryan knew everything and was the best support. After all, I was really making his life miserable before she came here.

"Stop with this stupid overthinking. You already know she does feel the same way. I don't know why is she keeping her distance, but she won't last long. My brother told me about the time he saw his mate flirting with some other guy. She really wanted to piss him off, but it ended up with this huge fight. My brother almost killed the guy. Jealousy makes our logical part go away and then our wolves take control. That's what we need to do."

He was right about something. When I saw her, I was ready to kill. As soon as I got my chance, I took her away. And her stupid stubborn arguing was really making me go crazy. And then it wasn't me. My wolf, Zion, took the control and then I just knew I was lost in this mixture of emotions. Jealousy, anger, affection. In the middle of it, he let go off the control and I took it back, but didn't stop. I would be thanking him for this, if I hadn't been lost in her arms. She smelled so heavenly, finally not fighting with me. When we finished, I didn't open my eyes right away. I was savoring the moment.

When I finally opened them, she was standing there with her eyes closed, looking worried, confused and busted you could say. She had to feel that. Now I knew it for sure. She responded to every move I made. To every single touch.

I slowly caressed her on her cheek. After that, she slowly opened her eyes.

"Can we agree that all the pretending is useless? I know what you feel and you know what I feel. It's simple as that."

She took a step back, slipping away from my reach.

"Okay, no pretending." it actually made me stare at her for a while. "What?"

"Nothing. I just expected another fight."

"This still doesn't change anything." she said.

"And here we go again."

"We can't be together." she continued.

"But why? Don't I deserve an explanation?"

She stood quiet: "Because you weren't supposed to be mine in the first place." What?

"What are you talking about? The whole definition of mating is that we are supposed to be together. And we can't be apart. Our wolves won't let us. And I won't let you either."

"You met your mate before. I'm just your second chance."

"That's bullsh*t." I said shaking my head. Then I stopped: "I met my mate before, but I'm 100% sure it was you. At that stupid party month ago. You had to be there. I felt you."

"You felt someone, but how can you be sure it was me?" she was really making me confused.

"It was your lovely flower smell all over the place. I was trying to find you but then you disappeared and you have been doing it ever since. Running all the time." She was thinking about something, maybe even arguing with her wolf about it. At least she was at my side.

"Look, Ali. I'm not stupid. I know there's something what you are not ready to tell. And I don't want to pressure you. But you can't keep doing this. I'm not asking you for much, just don't close your walls on me again. Be my friend and I promise, I'll be there when you're ready."

She was so quiet, it made me really nervous.

"Can you give me some time to think about it?" she asked.

I really didn't wanted to say yes, but also couldn't really say no." I can give you one day. After what just happened, I really can't let you think about it too much." I smiled. She didn't smile back, but at least she nodded.