Chapter 17

MILA

He keeps staring at me.

“He doesn’t know, does he?” I ask Sapphire. She has been on edge since they took their seats. “No Mila, the power is telling them we are human but I have to say his wolf, I can sense him. They both want to know about us, well you” she says with a smile.

“You seem happy to hear that” I say, sounding a little off.

“I am but I know you are not at the moment” she says.

I look back to find him still staring at me but I can’t help notice where the red headed girl's hand is. I am getting pissed. Why doesn’t he move it?

I notice a customer coming in and I take their order.

I hear Emily; her heartbeat is racing really hard. I look over to see what is wrong. Nothing, I do notice the man on my mate's side hasn’t stopped looking at her.

Sapphire has come forward and starts to giggle “I think that is our mate’s Beta, I think Emily and he are mates” she says, I hide my surprise. I still can feel eyes on me once again.

I use our enhanced hearing and listen to what is being said.....

“Hi My name is Emily and I will be your server. What can I get you?” She asks.

“Well someone with some good customer service skills, we all would like sodas and cheese burgers with fries” the red head says. I heard a little snarl come out from our mate.

He is completely staring at me, I don’t know if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

Sapphire is intrigued but also cautious too.

“No problem, but what do you mean about good customer service skills?” Emily asks her.

“Oh that little bitch over there was unfriendly to our future Alpha” she says, pointing towards me and I cannot help it.

I look up at them and glare at her.

“Oh my sister, she is normally friendly but she has been having a few rough days of late” she says.

He turns to look at Emily. Emily looks over at me and sighs.

Another customer comes in but I need to keep listening to them. He stops Emily.

Emily was about to leave “Are there any other humans here besides you and your sister” he asked her.

She looks at him a little surprised but recovers herself really quickly “There are humans here. Many are mated to a few shifters as you may have guessed. We have many different kinds of super naturals here.”

“What kind of other shifters are there? If you don’t mind me asking” Asks the other guy quietly.

I am shocked, that’s rude.

Emily looks around; I know all eyes are on them. It’s making her feel uncomfortable you can tell “I can’t tell you that. You will have to ask people around. It is rude to ask other people’s personal questions” she says, sounding off.

“I apologize for my friend's rude remark, we are just curious. We are not here to harm or hurt any of you in anyway” he tells her, giving her a smile.

He looks at me and I can’t help but stare back. I never heard of an Alpha who apologizes to anyone, it's unheard of. Well, that’s what I have read about werewolves at least.

Emily looks back and smiles at me and then back at him “Thank you for the apology. I will give you some advice though. All people here, including us humans, have really bad experiences with wolves, rogues and some packs too. Please be careful when you approach anyone as they may react in a way that might take offence” she says.

“I best get your order in to cook, feel free to call me if you need anything.” she says to them as she turns to head over to the counter to me.

Once Emily is by the counter, there are no customers “I guess you heard all that” she says sighing and looking back at the guy next to my mate. I nod, I am not going to speak as I know they are listening or trying to at least.

“The soon to be Alpha seems keen on you, he hasn’t taken his eyes off you” she says with a smirk. I look up at her with glare at her, her face changes to know not to push it.

She collects herself before saying “They do seem nice, maybe they being here will help us” she says but before I can say anything. Sapphire starts growing in my head loud, I look over to see...... that red headed girl and our mate kissing. Sapphire is going nuts. She wants to come out and kill the red headed bimbo, also probably to do some serious harm to our mate too.

Emily sees my face, after seeing what I was looking at. I am fighting for control with Sapphire; “Go” she mouths to me. I don’t need to hear or see any more. I run straight through the cafe door which leads to an open backdoor. I head straight outside.

Sapphire is furious “How could he?” She roars in my head.

“Sapphire, calm down” I try to muster. Sapphire paces around in my head knowing we can’t shift or even go anywhere. We can’t do anything about it.

I take a walk; it's the only way to calm both of us down.

I turn and walk. Most of the places around here have alleyways to get between places which are nice and low-key. I walk through one and head around in a complete circle, straight back to the side of the cafe but as soon as I get closer, I can smell rotten eggs and death. A rogue is here but he is not alone. Whoever is with him is scared.

Before I turn the corner, I can see a boy shaking and the rogue staring at him like he wants him to become his next meal.

“Sapphire we have to save him” I say and I know she can sense the fear coming from the boy. “He’s a wolf but his wolf is not there yet, he is a young one” she says.

I look at the rogue who is ready to leap. Sapphire pushes herself forward but we stay in human form. We are both going to do this together. I run fast and push the boy out of the way, sending him straight towards a parked car.

“Hide” I say as the rogue lunges right at me, I side step him as he hits the car bonnet. I turn around quickly and kick him in the back.

He snarls at me “Well I get a big meal tonight” he says licking his lips at me. I look over to see the boy hiding behind Emily’s car.

The rogue looks like he is about to shift but instead he puts his arm in the back of his pants and pulls out a silver knife. I look at him and snarl.

“What are you waiting for?” I say as he lunges again with the knife in his hand, he misses my body, his claws are out and he scrapes my arms leaving really bad claw marks on them. I hiss in pain but I know I have to kill him or he is going to eat me and the boy.

He tries to come at me again but I kick him in the gut and he bends down, dropping the knife on the floor. I run over fast, quickly grabbing the knife and plunging into his stomach when he comes at me again, he growls in pain. I pull out the knife and stick it into the disgusting man's neck.

I slowly feel his life leaving as he drops on the floor in a heap.

I look around and see the boy coming closer to me “Are you okay?” He asks in a whisper that I can barely hear.

Sapphire retreats back but stays close just in case we need to do anything but she knows I need to heal. I look up at him and smile.

“I’m okay but I think I need to sit” as I go to the side of Emily's car to slide down and lean against it. I sigh as I lean my head on the car. The boy comes and sits next to me. He is still shaking and scared.

“You okay? What’s your name and where are you from?” I ask him, my arms are bleeding really badly due to the claw marks.

The boy looks at me and gives me a small smile “I’m okay I guess. My name is Sam and I come from the new pack that moved in” I can feel fear running off him before I can ask him what’s wrong “my big brother came here to visit the town with his friends and I wanted to go with him but he had left” he says sighing.

“I take it you followed him here and got lost” I say with a guess. He looks up at me and smiles, nodding in agreement.

“Thank you for saving me,” he says.