Chapter 27

Eva was sitting on the edge of Martin’s bed, her hand holding his much larger one. Talking nonstop for the last 30 minutes, while Lex and Martin were strangely silent.

As for Catherine, the girl had gone to the bathroom and Lex had accompanied her, returning shortly thereafter. Alone.

Apparently, her bladder must have been very full since the girl had been absent for almost an hour. She had probably gone to look for more food as her stomach had always been a bottomless pit.

In the meantime, Martin and Lex were lost in their own private worlds. Both focused on an oblivious Eva. Both searching for answers. Lately, Eva,their beautiful best friend, had become an unsolvable riddle.

'Why has Eva tried to defend Alpha Mike from his crazy Beta?' Lex was musing over and over the event. 'Since when had they become so friendly to each other?! What did I miss?!'

Besides, he still hadn't been able to talk to her about the possibility that she'd found a mate! So busy embedding Lord Skull's refugees in their pack, with all his dating with his girls and then Martin’s awakening, Eva and Lex had even skipped their weekly special Monday night. And it had been the first time ever, since Eva and Lex had never missed one. Dedicated to their friendship, it had always involved catching-up with each other, large quantities of food, a movie and basically some alone quality time.

Rex had to make sure they would recover soon.

Memories of how Alpha Mike kicked Richard and his scary face at Richard offensive words about Eva flashed in Lex’s head.

And how furious he had been.

Pinching the back of his nose, Rex realized that he had lost everything Eva had been talking about so far. Unlike Martin, he did not have the ability to think of something, listen to someone else and assimilate everything, all at the same time.

On the other hand, Martin had pretended to listen carefully to Eva who was blabbering about everything he had missed since the accident and coma: the incorporation of refugees into their pack, Lord Skull's Alpha in prison for a long slow death, Luna's Elisa new roses, and blah blah blah!!

'Would she just get to the point and tell me if she is screwing Black Alpha?!' Martin scoffed mentally, rolling his eyes.

But was it possible that Eva had succumbed to the wonders of sex and hormones before such a fine piece of meat that was Black Alpha?!

'Crap!!! What if she is really screwing Black Alpha????!!!!!!' He yelled to his wolf.

But that would have been impossible, because Eva, his prude friend, was keeping her virginity for her....mate!!!

'Was Black Alpha her mate?! Could such a thing even be possible?! My little angelic best friend mated to that hunk?!'

A beast that was insanely hot and sexy. If you liked the huge wild man, of course. Ever since Martin had met his mate, the other folks were just blurry faces of little importance, but hell! He still had eyes, and could appreciate a hot stallion when he spotted one! And Alpha Mike was the definition of hotness, although Martin preferred Christian

'Holy S*t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Could she even take him in??? Considering his size, the beast must be massive down there!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

Martin’s thoughts were a crazy whirlwind, despite on the surface he seemed super relaxed.

Suddenly, Eva stopped talking, with the mouth pursed in a thin line.

"What's wrong with you two! Are you even listening?!" She questioned, arching an eyebrow, unaware that she had been the spotlight inside their heads so far.

"Am I boring you so much?!" She pouted, peeling her hand off Marco's.

Both Lex and Martin jumped in surprise and looked at each other with a puzzled expression before bursting into a flush of laughter.

"Whatever." Eva huffed, punching Lex on the shoulder. Just to let off some steam. "Where is Catherine anyway? Maybe she got trapped in Crescent Black’s toilet! You know they are dangerous...their toilets I mean...they are devils..." She joked nervously, trying to ignore the mischievous looks that Martin was shooting at her.

They were that type of glares saying 'I know what you are hiding'

Martin cocked an eyebrow at her. '

Seriously?! What a horrible joke. And who the hell care about the toilet of Crescent Black !!?! Just tell me about Black Alpha already!!!' He roared internally.

Martin had to know. This was his best friend in the world, his prude friend that had never slept with anyone, no matter the dense line of guys outside her door (figuratively, and sometime literally).

But Martin didn't want to ask her openly. He couldn't mention anything in front of Lex, the gossip boy. She had to be the one sharing first...

Then, a sudden movement caught their attention.

"Hey guys!!" A smiling Giulia burst through the door, looking like she brooded a secret. Eva noticed that strangely she had some webs attached to her hair. Where had she really been?! Were the bathrooms of the Crescent Black full of mice and spiders, as everyone said?

"Here you are! Where have you-" Martin trailed off, his eyes widened as someone else had entered the room.

Someone massive, tenebrous and scary...

"Christian..." Martin stared at him unblinking, as the hand covered his mouth. His heartbeat was so fast all the nurses and doctors down the hall could probably hear it.

"What did you do this time?" Lex asked Catherine , frowning a little and checking on her, making sure she was ok after he had left her down that dark hole.

Catherine liked to play Cupido, so she had literally dragged him down hell (Black’s dungeons) to meet the devil himself (Mike) with his Cerberus or three-headed dog (Christian). Apparently, little Catherine had tamed the beast and managed to knock some sense into him.

Lex would never have explained how she managed not to piss on herself by being close to that Christian.

"All is fair in love and war, brother!" Catherine giggled, jumping around the room like a little gremlin.

Eva shivered as she remembered how Christian had tried to attack her, but luckily he shot her just a glance ... though he had a look of... amusement?!

She certainly must have imagined things since the Beta had hated her since the first day of school.

As for Christian, now his focus was solely on his gorgeous mate, lying on the bed as if he were a sacrifice to the god of war. And this god had finally come to collect the prize.

"Guys!" Catherine squealed with a smirk, never looking that happy.

"Let's leave the two lovebirds alone so they can make peace!"

"That's not necessary, Catherine." Christian murmured, without taking his eyes off Martin, who looked like he was going to cry at any moment.

"We will leave." And having said that, he grabbed a trembling, shocked Martin, and marched out the door, carrying him bridal style.

No other words were uttered, leaving a stunned Eva, a smiling Catherine, and a bored Lex.

"And then they will live happy ever after and have make up sex for the rest of their lives!" Lex mocked, scrunching his nose adorably.

"Can we leave now? Please?! I should already be on a date that I've already postponed." He pleaded.

Too many emotions for poor Rex.

"Wait a minute! I'll just go to toilet!" Catherine exclaimed, running out of the room.

"Seriously what's wrong with her bladder today?!" Eva scoffed, folding her arms while Lex shrugged.

"I will ki-" She started to joke but never finished the sentence as the most amazing scent hit her nostrils.

When the air tensed and stomach filled with voracious (and familiar) butterflies, Eva instantly knew who had just entered the room.