SWNOVELS Chapter Heart To Heart
“I’ll give you as much time as you need but I will never stop trying to show you that I’m not her. I thought I would never find my mate and I had actually gotten used to being alone but now that I found you, I’ll die before I let anything come between us.”
I placed a soft kiss on his cheek and turned around heading back to Chase’s pack. I knew he needed space and I was willing to give it to him. After all, absence does make the heart grow fonder.
“Red.” I heard him call out and my body instinctively stopped and turned to face him.
He walked towards me and I could feel my body begin to drum with excitement. He stopped when his chest bumped up to mine and he pulled me closer to him by the nape of my neck. He leaned down slowly and pressed his lips to mine sending powerful waves of electricity flowing through my body. It was short and sweet but it was a promise that he meant what he said about giving us a chance.
He pulled away and leaned his forehead against mine and said “What are you doing to me Red?”
I smiled and whispered “It’s called love.” Then I stepped back and continued walking towards my cousins border.
The walk wasn’t long but it gave me a chance to clear my head and I was looking forward to spending some time with my girls. With everything going on between Bishop and I and finding Grannie Lily, I had been neglecting them lately.
When I crossed through the tree line I saw Mik and Cole having another heated discussion and I rolled my eyes. Those two need to just give in and fuck already, even I could feel the tension radiating off of them.
She was in pure Mik form, standing on her tip toes with her finger in his face no doubt giving him a piece of her mind as he stood there with his arms folded across his chest cool as a cucumber. I chuckled because if there was one thing she thrived on it was a fight and if he wasn’t going to argue back she would surely blow a fuse.
All of a sudden they collided, lips pressed together with so much pain and need that I felt it. It was like two tornadoes merging to create one perfect storm. I stepped closer and rubbed my eyes making sure what I was seeing was real when she noticed me and pulled away from him, acting like nothing ever happened.
“Don’t say a word.”
She said as she narrowed her eyes and pursed her lips then walked past us both towards the house. I looked at Cole who had a cocky grin on his face and shook my head. He has no clue how much trouble he’s in!
I followed her into the house as she began opening all the cabinets until she found what she was looking for. She unscrewed the top then took a huge swig of the bourbon, swished it around in her mouth then spit it back out into the sink.
“Oh my gosh Mik it couldn’t have been that bad.”
“You try kissing that dirty mutt.”
I couldn’t help the laugh that escaped my mouth causing her to become even more frustrated and she threw the top of the bottle at me. Then she began laughing as I rubbed my head where the cap hit me.
“So where have you been?” She wriggled her eyebrows as I threw the cap back at her.
“I was with my mate...at his pack...and I’ve got big news. But I want to wait for Kam. Where is she by the way?”
“She went for a run. She said she’s been feeling really cooped up here and her wolf has been kinda spastic lately.”
“I hope she isn’t regretting coming here.”
“She isn’t. And neither am I. We already told you we go where you go.”
I smiled but deep down I still felt bag for dragging them along with me. I also knew that if I left them and Anderson attacked the pack that I could have lost them forever and I wasn’t going to let that happen.
“So what are you really going to do about Cole?”
She turned her head and stared out the kitchen window. She sighed and said “I don’t know. I mean I’ve never had a problem being alone, having a good time with no strings attached but I also want him in an incredibly insane way. It’s like every time we’re around each other I want to jump his bones but I stop myself because I don’t want him to say he was right.”
I cocked my head and said “What do you mean he was right? Does this have something to do with what happened at the training ground?”
She looked down at her fingers then up at the ceiling while tapping her foot. I could tell she wanted to tell me but she was either too scared to say it or too embarrassed.
“He told me that even though I was fighting the bond, he would never reject me or let me reject him. He said he couldn’t live without me but he understood that I needed time and he wouldn’t push me but he would be right here when I was ready.”
She looked at me apologetically and I knew why she didn’t want to tell me. She was pushing him away just like Bishop was doing to me and she didn’t want to pour salt in my wounds.
“Listen to me, Mikayla Evans, if he is willing to wait for you then he is willing to die for you. Don’t let your independent, hard head ruin your chances of true love. It only comes once in a lifetime.”
She nodded her head and said “I want to be with him but I’m scared that he might hurt me. What if he finds someone else better or our differences tear us apart.”
“Not going to happen. You too were bonded together by the moon goddess and your love for each other will only grow stronger.”
“And what if he dies?”
That was a tricky question to answer because she had a legitimate reason to be afraid. Losing your mate is one of the hardest things to go through, that is if you survive the pain.
“Are you going to just live your life on what ifs? Or are you going to go all in and be happy?”
She gave me a you-have-a-valid-point smile before she walked towards me and gave me a hug. She always had her doubts about love but in the end she had seen everyone we knew fall head over heels and live long, happy lives.
She pulled away just as we saw Kam walking through the front door. Her eyes were as huge as saucers and she looked like she had seen a ghost.
I ran up to her and checked her for injuries then said “Kam? Are you ok? What happened?”
She looked at me and just blinked while shaking her head as Mik ran to the open door and began peering out. “Who’s ass do I have to kick? What did they do to you? Tell us Kam?”
“N-no one...nothing” She stuttered as she took a deep breath and sat down on the couch.
We gathered around her and each took a hand waiting to hear why she looked so shocked when she came through the door.
“I m-met my mate!” She said with a huge grin on her face.
Yesssssssssss. Finally he’s starting to get used to the idea of her!
Mik and Cole will either make an adorable badass couple or have the craziest love/hate relationship. I can’t wait to see what she decides.
Oh my sweet Kam found her mate!!! Who is it????