Reading Between the Lies

Chapter 4

Carson’s POV

She was mad. Well I don’t know if I would say mad just disappointed. I honestly don’t know why, I mean is it that hard to believe that I would be in love with her. She acts as if it’s a cardinal sin. All I want to do is love her for the rest of my life. I understand that we both have mates out there… somewhere. The thing is though, I would give up the chance of finding my mate. if she would let me choose her.

axle is in my head, practically screaming at me at this point .

“How could you ever want anyone besides mate?” Axle yelled.

“ I love her, I can’t imagine loving anyone more than I love her right now.” I snapped back.

“Oh poor little human boy… so enveloped in a crush that he would be so dim witted to take a chosen over his own mate.”

Oh my goddess this emotional mutt.

“Okay you know what mock me all you want, who knows if we even have a mate. I have been waiting 4 years and still haven’t found her!”

“Oh wow! 4 years. You poor little human boy.”

“Okay I’m not entertaining this anymore”.

I cut him off and I look at Mia and I see that she is crying. I rush over to her and cup her face and brush away her tears. I can’t really decipher the look she is giving me. I want to kiss her so bad. Just with that thought I can feel Axel fighting for control. That can’t happen. It’s now or never.

Without a second thought I slam my lips on to hers. I can tell she was taken by surprise because she just stands there not reciprocating the kiss. After a couple seconds, she gives it in and starts kissing me back. As much as I’m surprised, I am loving this. I test my luck, and I try to push my tongue for access, and she gives it to me.

Push my tongue in to meet hers, which I receive a small moan from her and response. That was the sexiest little moan I have ever heard. It drives me crazy. I slide my hand down from her face and trailer down her neck until it lands on her breast. I find her hard ni***e and pinch with my fingers the other hand grabbing her a**. I can smell how aroused she is getting which is just turning me on even more than I am already.

“Tell me what you want from me Mia” I whisper in her ear which caused her to shiver.

“I…I…” she replies breathily. I pick her up and wrap her legs around my waist and push her up against a wall. I leave her mouth and start assaulting her neck with kisses. No doubt leaving a few hickeys. She starts moaning like crazy and grinding against my harden c**k. I slide my hand down her leg and press it up against her panties and can feel how wet I made her. I growl in approval and go back to her neck which causes her to shiver in pleasure.

I lost control of myself for a moment because I didn’t even realize my canines were out. I had scraped them against her neck which caused her to snap out of the spell I had her in. She started to scream at me and escape from my grip and slam me onto the floor. It all happened so fast I didn’t see it coming. The next thing I saw was her running out of the door and up the stairs.

Amelia’s POV

What the hell was that? WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!? Oh my goddess what have I done what have I done. No…wait a minute. What has he done? I had just finished explaining to him why I want to wait for my mate. Then he not only kisses me but tried to mark me?! Oh my goddess I can’t even think right now. Oh my head is spinning. I have never been so terrified.

I get to my room, Undress and take a shower . A long shower. I don’t even know what to do about this I mean I can’t tell Kylie because she’ll just go in and confront him which will then get to Isaac who will probably end up, killing him. Or worse, it will get my father who will definitely kill him. This is just a mess.

Well, my party is over. I didn’t find my mate, but I did just possibly lose a best friend. I just can’t wait for this whole week to be over. We just have the Yule Ball and then it’s all over. We can all just go back to normal lives.

Oh goddess I completely forgot. How the hell am I supposed to train with him now? I mean, I guess I have some newly found anger that I can use towards him. I mean there’s a positive if you want to look for one. I’m gonna have to find him tomorrow and talk about it. I have to figure out why he did what he did. Hell maybe he doesn’t even know why he did it. This is gonna be a long night.

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The next morning I get up and head down for breakfast. With the Yule ball tonight all the servers are running about getting the finishing touches on everything. I just sneak into the kitchen to try and find something to eat. I don’t want anyone to see me because I don’t want them to feel obligated to make me breakfast. I find the fruit bowl and settle for an apple. Just as I’m about to leave I hear whispers.

“Is it true… are they really here.” One of the maids asked. Who is she talking about?

“They are not here yet. I over heard one of the gate guards talking about giving them clearance to cross.” Another maid replied.

“What are they doing this far south. I thought they kept to themselves over the border?”

“Beats me. I only know what I heard. I don’t think Alpha Byron is too worried considering he sent the invite. Or so heard. Who knows with how rumors spread through these walls.”

“Well should we be worried? I have never met…”

“What are you doing?” Kylee snuck up behind me scaring me half to death causing me to through me Apple across the room.

“Kylee! I was going to eat that!” I snapped at her in a whisper.

“Sorry” she whispered back “why are we whispering?” She asked with a questioned look.

I regained my composure.

“No reason. I just didn’t want to make a big fuss over breakfast. Everyone is working so hard for tonight.

“Yeah I know. I’m excited! I heard there were a few other families coming tonight that couldn’t make it last night.”

Maybe she knows who the maids were taking about?

“Do you know who?” I try to ask without sounding too concerned. I’m just curious. First the three musketeers and now the maids talking about some suspicious guest.

“I think just former Alpha and Luna Halstead from the Evergreen Pack, Alpha and Luna Merchant from the Pine River Pack, and Alpha and Luna Wilson from the Moon Hollow Pack.”

“Oh…okay. No one else?”

“I don’t think so…” she said with a hint of suspicion “you want to tell me what’s up?”

“No…no just curious.” Let’s hope she bought that.

“Mmmhmmm…” she replied giving me a side eye. “Anyway… I’m going back home to get ready and I’ll be in your room in about 2 hours.”

“Alright see you then.” I grab another apple and head back to my room to get cleaned up and get ready for the ball.

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2 hours later and Kylee is in my room helping me get dressed.

“Oh my goddess Mia I forgot how jaw dropping you looked in this silver dress. I thought you were going to wear it to your party though.”

“I was… I just didn’t feel right. I mean it’s perfect for the Yule Ball. It fits the colors perfectly.”

“WHAT IS THAT?!?!” Kylee screeched. This girl is going to give me a heart attack by the end of tonight.

“What?! What’s the matter?!”

“MIA! What is on your neck?”

“Oh my goddess… no no no no no no no.”

My face goes pale. How did I not notice last night?! This is so bad. Carson had left a giant hickey on my neck. I can’t go out there like this.

“Carson” I whispered. Hoping she didn’t hear.

“CARSON?!?” She asked not amused “ and what the hell were you and Carson doing that resulted in him marking you?!” She’s pissed.

“He didn’t mark me. He kissed me last night and… I guess I lost myself and kind let down my guard. I was so confused. He was confessing his love for me and arguing with me about us taking each other as chosen mates. I kept telling him no. Then he kissed me. I came to my senses when I felt him graze his canines on my neck and I pushed him away and high tailed it back to my room. I did and look over in the mirror and didn’t see anything so I didn’t see a point in telling anyone about it. I was going to talk to him next time I see him.”

She is looking at me with a mix between pity and rage in her eyes.

“Mia..” she said softly. She looks lost for words which is unusual for her.

I just look down at my feet ashamed.

“Mia. He may not have officially marked you as his mate, but he marked you.” I look at her puzzled.

“What the hell are you talking about? I know what a mark looks like and this is not that… it’s just a hickey.”

She rolled her eyes at me and shook her head, clearly frustrated.

“In a sense yes it’s is a hickey but this is not your average run of the mill hickey. He branded you.” What the hell is she talking about? I can feel my heart racing.

“Mia there are two different types of marks. There is your traditional mark where you bite into your mates neck and you all ride in the sun set and live happily ever after” she said waving her hands in the air “ then there is branding. It’s when you… when you intend to mark the wolf in the future and you are basically telling every other wolf to stay away. It’s not permanent nor official, meaning if your true mate comes along, his mark will supersede this mark. The down side is it takes 2 weeks, a month at max for this to fade.” She said with a pitied look on her face at the last part.

“Wait so you mean like dogs mark their territory?”

She just nods.

“Yes… he basically just peed all over your neck.”

I let out a big sigh and and rub my hands over my face. I can feel the tears start to well up in my eyes.

“ okay so what do we do.. what do I do!”

She walks over to me and cups my face to try and calm me down.

“ Okay take a deep breath. Here’s what we are going to do. First, we are going to change your hair from an updo to a hair down hairstyle… Easy fix. Second, I’m and going to hunt him down and yank his balls out through his through then shove them up his ass.

Lastly, we are going to pray to the goddess you don’t find your mate before this has time to fade?” That part leaves me a little worried.

“Wait I thought you said my mates mark will cover it?” I asked concerned.

“Oh it will” she said nonchalant “ it’s just if you find your mate before that fades then I may not need to kill Carson myself.” She said shrugging her shoulders.

“Oh…okay.. yeah let’s not let it get to that.”

“Mia don’t worry. It will all be fine.” Let’s just finish getting you ready.

Kylee starts to fix my hair, then all of a sudden that same feeling of being watched comes over me. This is getting a little weird. Slightly concerning. Kylee finishes my hair. She curled it so I framed over my neck. She gave me a quick little hug from behind.

“See… I told you not to worry. I knew I could fix it.”

“ Thanks Kylee.” I said hugging her back.

“ Okay. Now let’s go find Mr. Ass Hat.” She said turning on her heel and put the door. I just rolled my eyes and followed her out the door.

“Kylee. Let’s just wait until after the ball. I don’t. Want to ruin anything for my parents.”

“Okay okay. Fine I’ll give him one day. Just one…” she replied narrowing her eyes. Something tells me when she sees him she is going to forget all about giving it one day.

We enter the ball room and everyone is dancing and mingling. We do a turn about the room do do our greetings and pleasantries with the guests. All of a sudden Kylee nudges her elbow in my side then she links me.

“There’s Mr Ass Hat.”

She said as she tries to take a step forward. I grab her arm stopping her from taking another step.

“Kylee you promised to give it one day.” I narrowed my eyes at her.

“I didn’t promise” she replied wiggling her eyebrows and giving me a smirk “but yes you’re right. One more day.”

Well that was all for nothing because here comes Carson. Walking over like he has his tail between his legs. I know he feels guilty. He should.

“Hey Mia. Can we talk…please.” He pleaded. Before I can answer Kylee steps in front.

“She has nothing to say to you. Now if I were you I would move along. I promised her I would give you today without pummeling you. Right now you are making it very difficult.” Kylee said seething in anger.

He moves his head around Kylee and looks at me.

“You told her.” He looks hurt when he said that. I was about to answer him until Kylee butted in… again.

“No. She didn’t. I happened to see your handy work.”

He looked embarrassed.

“Oh come on like you have never gotten hickies before.” He said liking smoothed with her.

She is pissed now. She tried her best to whisper so no one heard what she was about to say next.

“You didn’t give her a damn hickey. You f***ing branded her you ass hat.” She said using every fiber in her being to refrain from smacking him…or worse.

He instantly paled at her word

“I…I…but I….” He couldn’t find the words. I don’t think he believes he did what he did. I move my hair slightly so he can see and guilt is shown all over his face . He starts to walk towards me when all of a sudden he is thrown clear across the room and being held up against the wall…by nothing? What the hell is going on?!

I look around and everyone looks shocked and slightly panicked. What the hell is happening. I look at Carson and he looks like he is struggling to breath. Almost like he is being choked. I go to run towards him when all of a sudden I run into a wall. But there is nothing there. I run around in a small circle. but still feel this invisible wall. Am dreaming?!

“You’re not dreaming, my love.” I turn and I see the most handsome man I have ever seen. He is tall, about 6 foot 2. He has strong prominent features. He is built like a god. His hair is a light brown and tossled making me want to reach my hand up and run my fingers through them. I can’t wait to pull on it while I’m sitting on his lap riding… wait hold on? Who is this guy?! What the hell am I thinking?! Better question how did he know what I was thinking?

“How did you…” I start to ask him then he cut me off.

“Know what you were thinking?” He said with a sexy smirk. I just nod at him starting. To be captivated again.

“I am King Alaric Mathers, I’m a warlock. And you are my mate.”