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My chest gets so tight I can hardly breathe. The idea that this washim, Mason Thompson, the man who made my freaking head spin like crazy. Why would he do that with me, and then do this tous? Would he have torn me to shreds if I was here too?
“Daniella, why did they only attack and kill a few of us?” I demand, with my heart now hammering in my throat. “A lot of us are left alive. I’m glad, but why? It’s so strange.”
She offers me a one-shouldered helpless shrug. “I don’t know. I guess he wanted to pick off the strongest members, to make us compliant to him. Basically, under him. Apparently, there was a lot of ranting about Chicago being a dangerous place, so this might be a warning.” We both take a look around at all the destruction surrounding us. The wolves were crying and the people were lying around in despair. “But this is one hell of a warning.”
I thought the plan was for us all to work together. Wasn’t that what all the meeting was about, the wolves taking care of the city together? So why would Mason want to take us out? Is he doing this to the other packs as well? What is going on with him?
“I’m going to confront him,” I decide with anger surging through my veins. “He can’t get away with this. I’m not going to let him…”
“You can’t go again,” Daniella begs. “We need your help here. We need to get things back together and decide as a pack what we’re going to do.”
“And we will do that,” I insist. “But I need to see Mason first. I need answers. This really has just come out of nowhere, and that makes me nervous.”
Actually, the reason my heart is pounding violently against my rib cage is because I can’t help worrying that this is all my fault. I mean, I am perfectly within my right to protect my own body and do what I want with it, but at the same time, I’m sure an alpha like him isn’t used to women walking out on him like I did. Would he really go this far?
“I don’t want you to go alone. I don’t want anything to happen to you…”
I snatch my arm away from Daniella. “I have to do this alone. You’re needed here. I have to find out. Even if we decide to move on after this, I need to know the truth.”
“But what about you?” Fear flickers in her gaze. I understand why she’s so scared, but I’m way too angry to get on board with her. I can’t do it. I need to see him. “It’s dangerous to confront an alpha, especially one who has done something like this.”
“I know, I know.” I roll my eyes, acting as blasé as I can manage. “But I’m doing it.”
Daniella sighs heavily. “Clara, I don’t like this, but I know I can’t stop you…”
“Just make sure that everything is okay here, okay?” I nod at Daniella. “I won’t be long. I will just get the answers I need, then I’ll be back.”
I don’t think it’s going to be that straight-forward, but there’s no reason for me to wind up Daniella more than I already have. She gives me a sharp nod before turning her back on me and focusing on what needs to be done. Of course I feel bad to be leaving what’s left of my pack again, but someone needs to do this. Someone being me, of course!
As I run towards his home, I keep thinking that Mason might take this opportunity to take me out as well. When he claimed me as his own, he might then go on to kill me. He obviously doesn’t have much respect for me, or he wouldn’t have done what he did.
It doesn’t take me long to arrive at his home, and once I’m there, I do take pause for a moment, breathing deep while I try to adjust myself to prepare for this moment. The moment I go into Mason Thompson’s home, for a very different reason this time around, and change everything. I know this will be explosive, but it does need to happen.
You can do this,I warn myself as I finally take that one step forward.Come on, Clara, you need to do this, for the pack, for Brian…
Maybe Brian wasn’t my favorite person in the world, and I didn’t love him as an alpha. He threw his weight around a lot and talked a big game without caring enough about the rest of us. But I don’t like to think of him dead. It’s fucked up.
“Who are you?” a guy demands as he stops me at the entrance.
“Clara. I need to speak with Mason right away,” I reply with an intense glare.
“Is he expecting you? Mason doesn’t see people without an appointment.”
“He should be expecting me. I certainly think he will want to see me.”
With a confused look, the man turns away from me and quietly talks into a walkie-talkie. I can hardly contain myself as I wait. My impatience shines through as I fiddle with my fingers and rock back and forth on my heels. Mason better not turn me away now. I might fucking scream. He can’t hide from his bullshit…
“He’s coming,” the man finally tells me with a deep frown. “Wait here.”
“He’s coming? Here? I kinda thought I would get to speak to him inside.”
All I get as a response is a shrug. What the fuck is happening here? I fold my arms protectively across my chest and wait for Mason to show his face…
God damn it.I hate how my heart stops beating when I see him. I’m supposed to hate him right now, despise him with every fiber of my being. But I feel a weird pull in my chest, like a magnetic tug dragging me towards him as if I really do belong to him. Like we’re mated or something insane… which really complicates everything.
“Come on,” Mason declares the moment he sees me, with that shit-eating grin playing on his lips. “We’re going out to dinner. We have a lot to talk about.”
“To dinner?” I exclaim in shock. “You think we’re going out on a date right now?”
