And Then There Were Four

I hadn't meant to ask that question out loud. It was supposed to be internally done, but unfortunately, my brain and my mouth right now were not communicating properly and with me asking that question, he let out a soft chuckle that made me blush. "How do I make you feel?"

The question alerted me to reality and caused me to quickly step around him and out of his touch. My mind raced with a million and one thoughts of Lucas, of Silas, of my brother and Trixie, of everything that had happened since I came to this God forsaken place. "I don't even know how I feel about things, let alone know how you make me feel or anybody else. And I have a mate. I don't understand this. Why is it that I'm so attracted to you?"

He stood staring at me for a moment, as if he was contemplating his next words with another heavy sigh escaping him as he nodded, gesturing for me to take a seat on my bed. "I think I might be able to explain things to you in some kind of way. But first, I do want to say how sorry I am that I didn't tell you sooner. I prolonged our visits at the library because I wanted to spend more time with you, which was selfish of me."

"Are you saying you withheld information from me that could have possibly sped this up a lot faster because you wanted to hang out with me?" I grumbled, anger slowly bubbling inside of me realizing this could have all been sorted out long ago.

Opening and closing his mouth, he nodded his head. "Kind of. It's a little more complicated than that, but if you give me a chance, I'd like to explain everything to you."

I wanted to protest to tell him to get the fuck out of my room because he had wasted so much of my time, but I wanted to know what he had to say. I wanted to hear his explanation because part of me longed for him, thought of him day and night, just as I did for Lucas, and none of that made sense to me.

"Fine, explain. But make it quick because right now, I'm more upset than I was when I walked into this room." I reluctantly replied. However, as I waited his brows furrowed in recognition of what I had said. "Why were you crying? What happened?"

He was completely ignoring I had allowed him to explain himself and instead was going back to why I was upset when he walked in here. If he hadn't noticed when he walked in here, then why was he asking now?

"It doesn't matter. Just please tell

me what you were going to explain," I replied with frustration before slowly standing to my feet, not able to sit down anymore as I started to pace the room. "I need to hear what you're going to say." Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

"Fine," he huffed out, clearly not happy with the fact I was not going to tell him why I was upset. "Since the moment that I saw you, I

couldn't stop thinking about you,et

Cassie, Everything about you pulls me in Everything about you makes me want to know you more, and at first, I didn't understand it either. But honestly, the only thing I can think of is that we were destined to be

together."

I was taken back by the forwardness. It wasn't what I was expecting. I knew he enjoyed being around me, but with the lust-driven look he was giving me right now, I found myself completely speechless.

"Silas, I have a mate," I whispered as he stepped closer to me.

"Yes, one who doesn't appreciate the woman that you are. I do, though I can be that man for you."

Every part of me wanted to run, wanted to tell him no but I couldn't. I was attracted to him, just as he was attracted to me, and there was an undeniable pool that wanted to be even closer to him.

With every step t

that he took, I

watched, unwilling to move from the

place where I stood. And as his arm wrapped around my waist, I found myself lost in his touch. While the carnal desire within his eyes sought to eat every inch of me.