And Then There Were Four

Chapter 147

Chapter 147: Denying the Bond

Cassie.

Trixie’s outburst caught both mine and Sansa’s attention. She jumped to her feet, huffing and puffing, and I could have sworn her eyes turned brighter than usual. It was as if a flip switched in her, and she was slowly spiraling from it. The guilt that filled me over her looking upset, tore at my heart. I had never meant to hurt her, and biting my bottom lip, the confidence I usually felt slowly dissipated.

“Trixie, I’m so sorry. Please don’t be upset.”

“Upset?!” She scoffed with laughter. “I’m not upset because I’m his mate.”

“What? Then what’s wrong?” Confused beyond belief, I ‘tried to understand what was going on. Why was she acting like this if she wasn’t upset by the news?

Shaking her head, she paced around the little seating area we were in with her hands on her hips. “I never wanted a mate, Cassie. As surprising as that may seem, in my world, when you take your mate, it means you start popping out babies, and just because my older sister wants to do that doesn’t mean I want to.”

Trixie’s confession was slightly unexpected. She was usually so sweet and bubbly, and right now, she was acting completely different. “Trix-”

“No, Cassie,” she sighed, snapping her gaze at me. “Let me finish.”

I gestured with my hand for her to continue. After all, who was I to honestly stop her? It was obvious the girl was on a mission, and as she ranted about how people always treated her like she was stupid and how her mother wanted her to settle down, I couldn’t help but think of how similar we actually were.

“If your brother thinks for one minute he can disregard me, regardless of me not wanting to mate anything, well, he has another thing coming.”

“Whoa–what?” I gasped, coming back to reality at her words.

What the hell was she talking about?

“You heard me, Cassie,” she replied with a triumphant smirk on her face. “I’m going to take a chapter out of your book.”

Sansa kicked my shin, causing me to gasp as I sent a daggered glare in her direction. “What the hell was that for?!”

“Look what you did!” she groaned, gesturing to Trixie, who pulled out her phone and seemed to look at herself in her reflection. “She has lost it!”

Mouth parted and eyes wide, I shrugged as if to ask her what she wanted me to do. It wasn’t like I asked for all of this shit. “Trixie, what are you planning?”

When I spoke, my eyes spotted a figure walking past the store I had wanted to see all day. Lucas walked casually down the sidewalk in the same dark jeans and t–shirt I had seen him in the other day, which confused me more than anything.

It meant that he hadn’t been home or anything.

“Guys, I have to go.” Standing to my feet, Sansa called after me as I bolted from the cafe and out the door, looking in both directions for which way he had gone. The thought of finding him was the only thing pushing me forward as I turned left and headed up the street in the direction I saw his figure disappear.

My eyes searched the area for any sign of him, and when I thought I’d never find him, a firm arm reached out from within the shadows of an alley and pulled me in, the seductive, sultry scent I had grown used to

wrapping around my body.

Pushed against the wall, I stared up into Lucas‘ dark steely eyes. My heart was racing at the feeling of his body pressed against mine as his breath fanned across my cheek.

“Why are you following me?” he snarled through a narrowed gaze.

“What–what do you mean why am I following you? I have been looking for you all day.”

The comment seemed to shock him as his gaze fell, and he let up on how tight he was holding my wrist. For a moment, I hoped this moment might turn sweet, no matter how much my affection for him confused me, but that didn’t happen.

Instead, he scoffed and stepped back from me, running his hand through his dark hair as he always did when he was going to be a sarcastic asshole

“I don’t know why you are, Cassie. It’s not like we have anything to talk about.” His words were hurtful, and as the hollow pit in my stomach opened, trying to swallow my heart, I refused to believe him.

Did I care for him more than I thought? Maybe I didn’t know.

Curling my lip, I glared, trying to understand what the hell changed his mood so quickly. He seemed different today as if something had happened, and he no longer cared about me being his mate. “Maybe because I wanted to talk to you about-”

“Stop,” he snapped, baring his fangs. “We have nothing to talk about.”

“Nothing to talk about?” I gasped in disbelief, “we have a lot to talk about.”

Lucas had nothing but amusement in his eyes as he stared at me with a smile on his face. I wasn’t sure what the hell his problem was, considering he literally had fucked me stupid last night, and now he was acting as if I was the last person on the planet he wanted to see.

“Cassie, you and I both know this won’t work, so stop pretending and move on to some other poor, unsuspecting soul who has time for your shit.”

“Excuse me?!” I exclaimed. “What the fuck is your problem?”

Shaking his head, Lucas turned and started making his way out of the alley like he hadn’t heard what I just said, but I had no plan of letting him go. Grabbing his wrist, I stopped him in his tracks, and as he turned, I reared back my hand, slapping him across the face. “Go fuck yourself, Lucas.”

Without warning, Lucas snatched me by my hair and pressed me back against the brick building he had pinned me against before. His fangs bared and with lips only inches above mine, a low growl echoed from his throat.

“Don’t ever do that again-”

“Or what?” I quickly said, cutting him off. “What the fuck are you going to do?”

With haste, his lips crashed against mine, and as they did, our movements turned into hungry, frenzied motions of wandering hands and heated passion. I wanted him right now, and no matter how much he denied me any other time, he couldn’t in this moment.

Grazing my hip with his fingers, he slid his hand beneath. my leggings and cupped my aching core that throbbed with the desire to have more of him. I was wet, so fucking wet, and when Lucas realized that, a low growl of satisfaction left him.

“Is this what you wanted, Cassie?” He all but purred in my ear as a smile graced his lips, highlighting the glint of amusement that lay at the forefront of his gaze. “You wanted to be my good girl again?”

“Good girl?” I giggled as I nipped at his bottom lip. “Who said anything about being good?”

Kissing me once more, he brought me closer to the edge as his thumb rubbed circles around my clit. He made me ride out my orgasm with his hand. The euphoric bliss of his actions had me begging for more, but when I reached for his belt, he pulled back.

The empty space now between us had me whining for the loss of comfort he had created. I wasn’t sure what made him stop, but as he licked his fingers clean, he shook his head with a grin. “I think I’ve had enough fun for the day, Cassie. Perhaps find someone to finish you off. I heard there are quite a few men who have been trying.”

“Are you serious right now?” I breathed out in shock as my mouth dropped open.

He didn’t hesitate to respond as he shrugged his shoulders and fixed himself. “Why would I not be? The woman who was supposed to be my mate turned out not to be mate material, after all.”

His words were the metaphorical slap to my face I had been waiting for. Last night we had been so happy, entangled in each other’s arms, and then with one simple phrase, he turned into the devil’s son who sought to taunt me with my emotions.

“You don’t mean that, Lucas. I know you don’t.”

Laughing loudly, his smile grew wider as he shook his head.

“You have no clue.”

“Then why don’t you enlighten me?” The words left my lips. without thinking, and for a moment, I really thought he was considering what I said. But then, as if he had remembered something, the amusement turned to disgust.

“I’m not telling you anything, Cassie. Just do me a favor and stay away from me. I don’t have time for your shit anymore.”

It was the comment I had waited so long for him to say. A rejection without a rejection, and one that, as much as I thought I wouldn’t care, I did.

Tears filled my eyes the moment he disappeared from the alley. The overwhelming emotions of how he made me feel and how he broke my heart filled my mind. I had wanted him not to want this, and then when I actually connected with him, I lost him.

Perhaps the situation wouldn’t be as rough had I actually known what it was that I did wrong. Was I a bitch to him before? Yeah, but I wanted to change for him.

Trying to be the person he wanted to be with, considering I was his mate.

Yet, that wasn’t good enough. Nope, instead, he wanted to pretend I never existed, just like every other man who I had ever tried to bare my heart toward.

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Debating on going home or back to the coffee shop, I hesitated and then exited the alley, turning left.

I wanted to be alone, able to process all of this myself. Yet, as soon as I got closer to the building I stayed in, a familiar voice came from behind me. “Cassie?”

Turning, my gaze landed into that of Silas, and without saying a word, he quickly wrapped his arms around me, embracing me into a hug. I didn’t want to seem weak being here, but everything that had happened since the day I turned eighteen seemed to flood me, all at once breaking the dam that held back my emotions.

For the first time in a long time, I cried hard, and there to comfort me wasn’t the person I wanted. But instead, the one person I would never have expected.