Page 70 of Sinful Mates

Oh, hell no, I’m not putting up with this shit. “No, Merida. Stay. I’m coming with you.” She hesitates unsure of what to do. She looks between us and the direction of her car.

I know any minute she will is going to leave me behind. I move and Theo copies me, side stepping and moving in front of me again.

“Unless you’re going to tell me who she is, move.” My voice is ice cold. I hate the both of them right now.

“No, you’re staying here and that’s final.”

I shove past him, before his hands snake around my waist and he lifts me off my feet from behind. He uses his other arm to trap my arms across my chest holding tightly as he walks toward the house. When we approach the house, Tobias has finally came out, from hiding in the room. Theo marches up the steps while I continue to struggle.

“Either you tell me who this woman is to you or I leave,” I growl at Tobias. Merida walks up the steps behind us, she keeps her distance, but I’m glad she hasn’t tucked tail and run.

Theo tries to take me up the steps, but I threw my head back, it connecting with his nose. I hear the crunch of it breaking, and man does my head throb. I think I did more damage to myself, but it is effective; he lets me go and clutches his nose.

He is livid, his fangs protruding. He grabs me, shaking me by my arms. Tobias places his hand on his arm. “Let her go now.” Theo stops shaking me but doesn’t let go. Instead, he pulls me closer, his nose nearly touching mine. His eyes staring into my fearful ones.

“You want to know who she is?” He snarls the words, his gentleness gone, his cool breath making me shiver.

“Theo, don’t you fucking dare,” Tobias tells him, gripping his arm tighter.

Merida stays behind him, eyes wide and fearful. But Theo wants to hurt me, he wants to make me suffer. His eyes gleam with the possibility of it and he smiles at me.

“She’s our fucking wife.”

My gut clenches like I've been punched. Tears brim and I blink them away. Their wife? She is their wife, and I’m destroyed just like he wants. Like a broken toy, I fall to my knees, his words echoing.

“What? You’re fucking married?” Despite my current on the floor situation, I’m pissed. They dared to take me as a mate, kidnap me, hold my very life hostage, and they are married?

Tobias looks panicked. Theo finally comes out of his vengeance spirit mode and realizes what he said. He lets go of my arms and staggers back. Merida is on the verge of running and is visibly shaking.

“Let us explain. Please," Theo pleads, his softness returning. I don't give a fuck.

“No, I want to leave, now!” I scream tears running down my face. Merida goes to bail, turning toward the front door. I call out to her, scrambling to my feet. “Merida, wait.” I run up the stairs and grab my handbag. Theo and Tobias yell at each other. I don’t care. I’m not going to be someone’s mistress. No wonder I had the impression I was a little doll to them. Grabbing my phone off the charger. I stomp back down the stairs, ignoring them both, fighting in the living room. Things are breaking all around me, or is that just my insides?

Merida stands frozen, not moving her eyes, watching the fight. I touch her arm and she jump.

“Let’s go,” I say. She nods, but as soon as we turn to the door, Theo stands in front of it.

“Leave, Merida, or I will make you.” His voice is ice cold. Merida pales and goes to walk around him, his eyes never leaving her. I push Theo to the side. To follow after her. “Not you, you’re staying.”

“Like fuck I am. I won’t be the other woman, Theo, fucking move. What, did you think you could be married and we would all live like one happy family? Fuck off.” I snap. Merida opens the door and walks outside heading toward the car, she looks back at me fleetingly. “Tobias, tell him to move or so help me god I will fucking reject the pair of you right now.”

Tobias moves to my side, his lip bleeding and his shirt ripped. “Let her go, Theo, we need time to cool off. She will be safe with Merida,” Tobias says, his chest pushing into my back. I have to fight the urge to lean into him. This stupid mate bond is going to be the death of me.

Theo glares at Tobias, refusing to move. My face is drenched in tears, my hands shaking. How can they do this to her? How can they do this to me? “Move, please,” I beg. I just need to get away from them, clear this constant fog taking over my brain

Theo sighs, eyes searching mine. "She's dead, Imogen. You really don't have to worry about her."

I don’t care that she is dead. The fact is they were married and didn’t say anything, yet she was on Tobias’s mind. How do you compete with that? “Move please,” I repeat. I look to Tobias, and he nods at Theo and Theo steps out of the way.

“She can’t get far, Theo, just let her go.”

Theo growls. I dart past. Merida looks relieved when I walk out heading toward her white Subaru Liberty. I open the passenger side sliding into the seat. Only when I try to plug my seatbelt in, do I notice how badly my hands are shaking. Merida sees me struggle with the belt, leans over and clips it in for me.

“Thanks.”

She nods and quickly starts the car doing a U-turn, she turns the car around and starts heading down the driveway. I lean back on the seat, closing my eyes. Willing all of this to just be another bad dream.

When we were out of the driveway, Merida finally spoke. “What do you want to do now that you have escaped?” she asks.