The Alpha's Assassin

Ch. 4

I manage to get my heart rate to calm down and just barely focus on the rest of class. The teacher doesn't seem to notice. Of course, Kain came back into class and sat down right next to me, but he didn't try anything else for the rest of the day. Once last period was over, I rushed to my locker and headed to the front door. I was interrupted by a hand pulling me into an empty hallway. All of the hallways in the school lead to the front door and this one just happens to be empty. I look up at Kain, who has decided to try and corner me in the hallway. I feel my heart rate rise again and force myself to calm down. I look up at Kain with an uninterested face. It frankly made Kai, my wolf, angry that he had the nerve to try and corner me in any fashion, even if something about him was alluring.

Kain doesn't say anything, simply leans an arm on the wall behind me and lowers his face. I don't react, tired of his little game. He waits, as though he expects me to complete the kiss. I simply roll my eyes and huff in his face.

"So... are you gonna keep standing there like a creep after dragging me into this hallway for no reason or...?"

My voice comes out annoyed, a shock to Kain. He blinks and looks down at me with confusion in his eyes.

"I thought..."

"You thought what? That I was just going to melt into your arms and kiss you right away because you're hot and we almost kissed in the auditorium? Give me a break."

I push him away from me and stomp out of the school. I can hear him faintly call my name, but I don't pay any attention to him. The nerve! Just expects me to act like a lovesick puppy over him because he's cute! It made me angry how he thought he already had so much control over me.

I was so busy lost in my own thoughts that I didn't notice the boy and girl standing in front of my car, seeming to have been waiting for me. I manage to slow down enough to realize its Kaylee and Mark. They both instantly realize my mood and Kaylee crushes me into a hug, trying to calm me down. Mark joins in, lifting the both of us up. I'm squeezed from all sides by my best friends and it calms me down slightly. Mark puts us down and Kaylee keeps her arms around me.

"Calm down. No punches. They're not worth it. No punches. No violence. Calm down."

Her words soothe me, and I take a deep breath in and out.

"Who was it?"

"It was this infuriating player of a jerk who decided to drag me into a hallway and stand there like I was just going to melt in his arms like some lovesick pup and he could mess with me however he wanted to! The nerve! Like he can just expect me to serve him and fall for him after a few hours of being an annoying jerk! Who gave him permission?"

My hands are flying, my anger having returned. Kaylee and Mark simply sit there and wait until I get it all out. By the time I'm done, my hands are balled into fists at my sides and my breathing is heavy. I feel a head rest itself on my shoulder.

"Talking about me already, huh? Can't get me out of your mind?"

Before I even realize who it is, my fist is swinging towards his face. He moves away just in time, holding both hands up in a sign of surrender. Kaylee's arms come around me again, locking my arms to my sides while my fists stay up. Kai was able to smell Kain before I could and threw the punch for me. Lucky for him, I missed.

"What? Did I make you mad, Kitten? Is the Tiny Wittle Kitten going to try and punch me again?"

I simply growl at Kain, my eyes flashing gold. I'm straining against Kaylee's arms, determined to land at least one good punch in the face. Mark goes to stand by Kain, resting one hand on his shoulder.

"Dude, you have to stop. Last time I saw her this mad, the guy didn't wake up for a week. Back down." Mark's voice comes out calm and collected, used to seeing me like this. The students in the parking lot all left in a hurry under Kaylee's glare.

"No punches. No violence. He isn't worth it. He's just trying to get a rise out of you. He's not worth it, calm down."

Kaylee kept chanting this in my ear, trying to calm me down enough to let me go. My breathing is heavy and I can barely hear her through the blood rushing to my ears. There's a black fog surrounding my vision, focused solely on Kain's face. My breath becomes shorter, almost a pant. I watch Kain mouth a few words in my direction, with a smirk on his face. I can't tell what he's saying. My eyes don't want to focus anymore. I feel a new surge of anger in me, but it quickly turns into something else. My mind has been going haywire, at first going crazy with anger, and now it feels like my brain is shutting down. I stop straining against Kaylee, slumping against her. I feel Kaylee relax against me, thinking I've finally calmed down. I don't stand up on my own though, I just slump further towards the ground. There are sparkles in my vision, like my brain isn't getting enough oxygen. It feels like my lungs are being constricted by a rope, slowly tightening. I'm almost wheezing, gasping for breath, on my hands and knees. I feel someone pulling me into a sitting position. Kaylee's face comes into view, worried. Her hands come up to my face.

"Jasmine! You have to breathe! I need you to breathe!"

Kaylee sounds muffled, like its coming through a thick wall of foam. I can see Kain's own face come into view, looking like he's yelling. I see Mark yell back, pushing him away. Kaylee takes off my jacket, and I shiver at the sudden temperature change. I'm leaned back against a tree on the forest line surrounding the school. I feel my eyes drooping, as though I'm about to pass out. Kaylee shakes me around, trying to snap me out of it. It doesn't work, as my lungs start to burn. My mind feels hazy, Kai is too far away in my mind, and I can't focus on anything. Kain's face comes into view again before he goes lower. I feel something cool wrap around my wrist before it's lifted into something warm and soft.

"I'm sorry."

It's a soft whisper spoken against my skin. It just manages to slip in through the sound of blood rushing in my ears. I'm close to passing out at this point. Suddenly, I feel two sharp pinpricks in my wrist before the best feeling washes through me. The feelings make me dizzy before my mind manages to latch onto the pain and ground itself. I feel the fog around me slowly drift away before the rope around my lungs loosen slowly. My breath becomes deeper, slower. My eyes open fully and I can feel Kai moving around in my mind again.

I look down to see Kain bent over my wrist, holding it to his mouth. I don't see Kaylee and Mark anywhere, but I suspect they aren't too far off. I see Kain suckling on my wrist, gulping every few seconds. The pleasurable feeling washes through me again drowning out anything else. I almost let it take over completely before I open my mouth to grab Kain's attention. I start to speak, but a moan comes out instead. I slap my hand over my mouth before Kain notices.

"Kain."

It comes out as more of a moan, but he hears me anyway. He looks up with wide eyes. His pupils are large, dilated. I watch as he breathes heavily, panting though his mouth. His inner lip is coated in blood, in my blood. I watch a bead of it drip down Kain's mouth before I wipe it away. That seems to snap Kain out of his trance before he backs away from me, crawling on his hands and knees. He looks fearful, as though I'm about to attack him. I raise an eyebrow and shift to sit more comfortably. I feel the blood running down my arm and bring my wrist to my mouth. I lick the blood up slowly, keeping Kain's diamond blue eyes locked with mine the entire time. I swallow it, watching Kain's eyes follow the path it makes in my throat. He still looks afraid and I give a small chuckle.

"Relax, I don't have the energy to be mad at you anymore."

He flinches when I open my mouth, keeping up his tense stance.

"That's not what I'm afraid of."