Chapter 21
1159 Words
Cain’s Pov
I felt a fresh wave of headache hit me, “life without you is simple and quiet, go back into your hole” I grumbled.
“Shut up, you miss me, don’t deny it” Kale shot back, I scoffed, the asshole was quite deluded.
“I want my mate” he whined, “I have no interest in you”
“Dont make me shove you away” I replied
He muttered incoherent words but still shut up, good, at least I didn't have to force him away this time around.
“still fighting Kale” Jax entered my office handing me the cup of coffee in his hands
“I’d offer sacrifices the day you learn to knock” I grabbed the cup,
He shrugged, “you spoil me too much you can’t blame me”
“Fair point” I nodded, “ I should start punishing you,”
He chuckled “sure, as long we’d both take the punishment, i’m down for anything”
I shook my head, “whatever,”
“when will you stop fighting him”
My tongue clicked, “he doesn’t get to appear and disappear in my life, and expect me to welcome him with open arms” a whimper sounded from within me, I rolled my eyes,
“he was hurting” Jax tried to defend
“And I wasn't?”
“Can't argue that, but you need to let go man, Kale's your wolf. You can’t keep staying at odds with him, you both need each other” he advised
“I made it this far without him Jax, I can make it even further”
“Yes. But with him, everything will be much easier” he added,
“I’ll think about it, stop nagging me” I grumbled
“I don't nag, I just state facts, it's not my fault you can’t handle it” he twirled the chair he sat on
“Whatever, have you found out what happened back in Scarleria? And what about Ghost?”
His eyelids twitched, “you want to return the favour?”
My lips curled, “it’s only fair that we finish what they started, no one gets to hurt my family” my blood boiled at the thought of what could have happened.
“we’re still investigating, Ghost will work on it while checking out Theron’s files”
My ears perked, “he got past Theron’s firewall?”
“took a while, but he has some inner info, something strong enough to give him a foothold”
I let out a hearty chuckle, “that’s good. Theron won’t know what hit him till it does”
Knock. Knock.
The door creaked open, Carlos walked in followed by Xander, “Prez” they greeted before seating beside Jax
I nodded in acknowledgement, suddenly something pricked at my skin, I nearly saw red, my stomach churned, my hands half shifted, I sank the claws into the mahogany to avoid sinking into one of the men seated across from me.
Jax looked at e in surprise, “what’s happening?” he mind linked, “are you losing control”
“No” I shook my head, retracting and flexing my claws.
“Where are you and where is she?” I opened the link to Mika
“Challenging one of your best fighters” she sounded amused
“Don't tell me….”
“Yup. She just challenged Stanley”
A groan slipped past my lips, “and you didn’t stop her”
“The man insulted her. Beside you only said to watch her, you never informed me that she’s suicidal too”
I pinched my brows in frustration, "the anger I felt now was definitely hers, I blocked her from feeling me, but she hadn’t blocked me, if she was going to keep being this explosive, she definitely needs to learn.
“Take her to her room and assign someone calm to her” the last thing I need is someone that’d fuel her craziness.
“So?” Jax asked,
“Aria.” I replied with a sigh
“you really did the oath with her?” Carlos asked with surprise
I ignored him with an eye roll, I had no intentions of answering silly questions
Xander let out a low chuckle, one that told me he just found out, “Shes a firecracker too”
“Apparently” Jax agreed. “you needed to see her on this trip, she almost had Prez on his knees”
I glared at him, “You’re exaggerating”
“yeah right,” he rolled his eyes “we both know the truth”
“What truth” Mika opened the door, joining us
“just telling Carl and Xander how Prez’s little fire cracker nearly had him on his knees on our way back”
“oh that” she grinned.
“You guys have nothing better to discuss" I snapped at them, they couldn’t care less, enjoying the taunts
How the hell did I end up surrounded by such headaches,
“By the way, are you letting her fight?” Mika suddenly asked
“Fight?” Jax sat upright, intrigued.
“The little thing challenged Stan to a duel” xander replied
“Damn…. she is something else,”
”So? Are we stopping the fight?” Carl asked.
They all looked at me expectantly, while they may not have been with me as long as the others, they were still my close brothers who understood me.
“No”
“Stan isn’t just anyone, and he’s pretty pissed. He’s not thinking straight” Mika added
“and you’re surprisingly over protective of her” I narrowed my eyes
“I don’t hate her. Plus it’ll be terrible to let her die so early”
I scoffed, ‘over my dead body’ I said internally
“she wants a fight, well she’s got one” I responded. “She fights.”
“it’s up to you prez, Stan will probably vent out on her, but sure, whatever you say”
“Like i care” I gritted out
“Tell that to the poor chair that’s already cracked from your grip” she shot back.
Sigh.
Without a word I stood and stormed out,
“i’ll kill him, if she loses even a single hair off her head” Kale thrashed wildly
“shut the f**k up” I shut him out and continued my aimless journey
The others were right, I was losing my grip bit by bit, and the reason for it is absolutely clueless, and dragging feet into unnecessary trouble.
My nails dug into my palm, harsh enough to draw blood, the sight of crimson dripping into the tiles offered some sort of clarity
Only one thought remained, my kitten is a brave little thing, my lips curved involuntarily.
I would love to see this play out.
- Writer
