I'm not going anywhere!" I growled as I pushed my chair back and stomped out of the kitchen. Soon, a hand wrapped itself around my wrist. The sparks instantly made me conscious about the identity of the person. I turned to glare at Roman, while struggling to let myself free.
"You are coming with me" he said with clenched jaw. I took a step forward.
"I'm not" I responded the same way.
"Why do you need to defy me each fucking time?" Roman's voice boomed, making me flinch slightly. I pulled my hand out of his grip and maintained my position.
"If you were not such a dick, I wouldn't have to defy you!" I retorted and watched as his eyes flickered from green to yellow then back to green, signalling his wolf wanted to take over.
"You're my mate! You are going to respect me!" he demanded, making me scoff in disbelief.
"Why would I? You don't freaking respect me" I pointed out while waving my arms around like a mad woman. He groaned and clenched his fists in anger.
"I'm just doing that to protect you!" he snapped.
"I can protect myself!" I yelled, making him scoff.
"Really? REALLY? I found you in a river, BARELY breathing!" he burst in anger. His voice made me flich again. This time he was really angry.
"Then you should have let me die! At least you wouldn't h-" I didn't even got to finished my sentence when he put his palm over my lips, silencing me. He was breathing heavily as he glared at me. I didn't know that we were so close until I felt him rest his forehead against mine. The simply skin contact was making my wolf happy.
"Shut the fuck up, mate" he said calmly. A little bit too calm.
"Kids, calm down" I turned to see my father and my mother standing by the door, staring at us. I pushed his hand away.
"I'm eighteen, dad" I deadpanned. "And he is old. We're not kids" I pointed to Roman and I.
"I'm not that old" Roman groaned. "I'm three years older than you" he stated. I rolled my eyes and pulled away from him.
"You argue like children!" My mother exclaimed. We both shrugged while staring at my parents.
"Ava, you need to go" my father said.
"Erik told me to look after the pack" I told them as I crossed my arms over my chest.
"Erik is coming back next week" My father announced.
"Why?"
"He found his mate as well" My mother exclaimed happily. I squealed in happiness and ran to hug my mom.
"He finally did!" I was so happy for my brother who always wanted to have a mate. "Does she have the British accent?" I asked in amazement and my parents shrugged.
"We haven't met her, Ava" My father pointer out.
"So she can come to my pack?" Roman asked to my father, but his eyes were fixed on me.
"Yes, she can" My father said, making me gasp.
"I never knew that you wanted to get rid of me" I told him while playfully glaring at my parents. My father laughed and kissed my forehead.
"You need to go, sweetheart" My mother told me with a smile. "He's your mate. You need him by your side"
"He needs me by his side" I rectified for her. I knew that Roman rolled his eyes as my father chuckled. I have to go, whether I like it or not. Staying far from your mate when you just met each other, will cause physical pain to both. I don't why I hated the thought of him in pain.
'That's because he's our mate!' my wolf shouted as if I was stupid. I rolled my eyes at her words but still agreed.
"Yeah, I need you" he said with sincerely then turned me towards him. "Now go and pack" he said. I nodded and watched as his mouth dropped open.
"What?" I questioned in confusion as he stood there with a surprise look on his face.
"You didn't even bother to argue. It's the first time you didn't argue and actually agreed to what I said" he said and I rolled my eyes, pushing him slightly as I made my way to my room.
"You don't know me" I mumbled.
"I'll know you" he said back.
***
"Let's go, Old man" I grumbled to Roman as I put my suitcase on the floor just in front of the door. His beautiful eyes glared at me when I called him old man. I grinned and hugged my parents, telling them that I love them. As I reached to take my suitcase again, another hand reached for it.
"Let's go, kitten" he said with a grin when he saw that my eyes widened at his nickname for me. That was an insult for us, wolves. Kitten! Seriously?!
"Don't call me kitten, Old man" I snapped and he smirked.
"Don't call me old man, kitten" he said back. I heard my father sighed in exhaustion.
"You two are simply impossible. Can't you stay in each other's presence without arguing?" My father asked in disbelief. I shrugged and I noticed Roman doing the same thing. We then walked out of the house, me walking lazily towards the car while my mate had to carry my heavy suitcases.
"Can you open the back box for me?" he questioned while making his way to the back of the car. I nodded and leant to pull the trigger which opened the box. After he put everything in the box, he took place in the driver seat. I didn't want to go. I stared at my pack house, with my heart clenching at the thought of not staying here anymore. Just as he started the car engine, I saw a little head peeking by the house's door. I smiled when I saw that it was Avan. Damn. I forgot to say goodbye to him and he looked so sad that i was going away.
"Wait" I told Roman who only sighed in frustration and stopped the car while glaring at me.
"What now?" he snapped, making me glare at him.
"Calm down. I just forgot to do something" I snapped back as I got out of the car and made my way to the porch of the house. As soon as Avan saw me approaching, he ran out of if the house and hugged my legs. I smiled and dropped to knees so that I could hug his small figure.
"Where are you going, Nessi?" Avan asked as I took a deep breath and he tightened his arms around me. I smiled at him and pecked the side of his head.
"You see, I found my mate. And I need to go with him" I explained, making him frown. He tilted his head slightly so that he would see Roman in the car. I did the same and noticed that Roman was staring at us with an unknown emotion in his eyes.
"He hurt Ethan, Ness! Don't go. He'll hurt you too!" Avan shook my hand in fear. I kissed his little hands and gave me a little smile to reassure him. I felt someone crouch next to me and by the heat radiating, causing my wolf to purr, I instantly knew that it was Roman. I turned to look at Roman who was smiling.
He was fucking smiling!! Wow. He looked so handsome and hot with that little smile.
"Hey little man!" I heard Roman say to Avan who clutched to me and peeked to look at Roman. "I'm sorry for your brother. I didn't hurt him"he said and I watched as Avan turned completely to look at Roman. "I promise that I will never hurt Nessi" he said as Avan put his hand on his hips.
"Do you have to take her away?" he asked while tilting his head to the left and pouted slightly.
"Yes, I have to. I have to protect her" Roman told him and I felt my heart swell at his words. Avan stared at him in confusion, making me chuckle.
"Avan, you remember the story I told you one time, about you being a prince and when you find your princess you'll have to protect her at any cost?" I asked as he sat on the porch. I sat next to him while Roman sat on his other side. "Well, you can say that Roman is my prince" I whispered in his ears. I can't believe that I just said that. I huffed when I saw a smirk appear on Roman's face. I rolled my eyes when my mate leant towards Avan.
"I'm her King. Not a prince" he said and chuckled when I scoffed. Avan smiled and hugged me.
"You'll let me visit you?" he asked in a small voice. I rose my head to look at Roman. He nodded and I smiled.
"Of course!" I exclaimed. "I need you go now, sweetheart" I told him as I wrapped him in a hug, then stood up.
"I love you Nessi" Avan said with his small voice.
"I love you too, Avan. Can you promise me something?" I questioned as Roman stood up. Avanessa nodded, while watching the two of us. "Promise me that you'll never go into the woods alone" I demanded and he nodded.
"I promise" He said. With that I made my way to the car, while waving at him.
"See you in a few!" I called as I sat in the car. Roman sat in the driver seat with a little smile playing on his face. I swear, he'll kill me with that smile. "You should smile more often" I told him as he started the car.
"What?" he asked, quirking one of his eyebrows in confusion.
"I said that you should smile more often" I repeated myself.
"Why that?"
"Because it makes you less frightening and sexier" I blurted out making him chuckle. I seriously didn't fing him scary or anything. I don't really understand why they would say that he was the most ruthless and cruel Alpha in the continent.
"You think that I'm sexy?" he asked in amusement. I rolled my eyes at his words.
"I also said frightening" I pointed out, making him shrug.
"But you also said sexy!" he mentioned with his little proud grin.
"And I also said frightening!" I exclaimed.
"You like to argue with people, right?" Roman asked as he turned his head slightly to look at me. I loved it when he would stare at me. I could already feel the butterflies in my stomach. I will not deny the fact that I love the feeling of knowing that I have someone present for me. In fact, I like the fact of having a mate.
"No, I just like to argue with you" I said with a smirk as I stared at him, waiting for his reaction. A smile soon formed on his face as he shook his head in disbelief. I grinned, happy with the fact that I made him smile.
"Then you're going to be a great entertainment" he said while his eyes were still fixed on the road.
"And a great pain in the ass" I muttered, making him chuckle.
"No, I believe that I'm going to be the pain in your ass" he said with a smirk. I gasped at the sexual innuendo and stared at the road, to prevent him from seeing my now red cheeks. That Son of a bitch managed to make me blush! He was soon chuckling, making me silently drool at how sexy that sounded. I turned to head to stare at him and my eyes skimmed his arm which were flexed, this showing off his muscles. He must train a lot. "You're cute when you blush" he commented as I licked my lips unconsciously while staring at him.
Snap out of it, Ava!!!