Chapter 9: Secret talk

Olivia POV

~ Three days later ~

It had been three whole days since I found out Marcus is my mate.

I couldn’t go back to school after that because I didn’t want to see him. I felt rejected, even if he didn’t actually reject me.

James asked me what happened, but I lied, saying I wasn’t feeling well.

Well, it wasn’t a complete lie as when I saw that she-wolf clinging all over my mate, it made my blood boil. I wanted to rip her hands off when I realized that she was the same person I ran into the other day when I followed his scent. I just couldn’t stay there and look at them.

Aurora told me that Shadow tried to speak with her, but even she was furious and didn’t want to hear him out.

So now here I was at home, being lazy on my bed with a book in my lap that I tried to focus on but failed miserably.

I turned off my phone because I just wanted to be alone, but I knew that soon enough I would need to face reality again.

“Olivia!” my mom shouted from downstairs.

“Yes, Mom?”

“Lizzy is here.”

Great… well, when I think about it, it is better that Lizzy came than Mandy. Mandy would not stop asking me until I finally told her why I was not leaving my room.

Dragging myself from my bed, I placed the book on the nightstand and walked downstairs.

“Hey, Lizzy.” Putting on a forced smile, I greeted her.

“Hey… I brought your homework.”

“Oh, thank you. Want to stay for a while and help me with it?”

“Sure.” She smiled happily, and we walked back to my room.

We spent a few hours studying and she didn’t at all mention the “forbidden” subject.

I felt myself relax a little more while we were just chatting about schoolwork, and then I got myself thinking, should I tell her? Maybe she could give me advice on what to do.

I didn’t even notice that I was looking at her until she spoke.

“Okay, I can see that something is bothering you and I didn’t want to put pressure on you, but if you want to share it with me, you know I will not judge you.”

Thinking about it some more, I made my decision to tell her.

“I…” Clearing my throat, I tried again. “I found my mate.”

Her eyes grew wide as she looked at me silently.

“He… well… it is….”

“Marcus?”

This time my eyes grew wide when she said his name.

“Ho-how did you know?”

She chuckled. “I saw you how you were looking at him and Samantha on Monday.”

“Samantha?”

“The tall blond… had her arms all over him.”

I growled.

“So I was right?”

Reluctantly, I nodded my head.

“Wow. He’s gorgeous.”

My eyes narrowed as she spoke dreamily about him.

She noticed my glare and put her arms up. “I’m just saying you are lucky, that is all.”

“Lucky? How in the world am I lucky? He is a werewolf and I am a Siren, Lizzy, if you haven’t noticed!”

“Calm down… I know, that part sucks.”

I chuckled at her choice of words… yes, it sucks.

“You know that we can’t accept the mating bond because of the law that strictly forbids it.”

Her eyes filled with sadness as she listened to me. “Ollie, did he… did he reject you?”

A sob escaped me as the thought of it happening was painful enough.

“Oh, Ollie… I am so sorry.” She wrapped me in her embrace as I let myself feel vulnerable and cry.

After a few minutes of me crying, I dried off my tears as I spoke. “He didn’t reject me, but he was about to… at least I think so, but then she came and interrupted him, so they left me alone.”

“What happened?”

Taking a deep breath, I let myself go back to the memory of that day.

“I was going back to where you all were, and then I crashed into him.” I giggled before continuing. “My books and notes fell and I was about to fall too, but he managed to catch me and pull me up. And then the next moment when we looked at each other, I knew he was the one.”

She exhaled with a dreamy look in her eyes.

“Yeah, a knight in shining armor. Well, what happened next is a little blurry, but we kissed.”

Her mouth went wide open.

“Oh my God. So did you like it?”

Laughing at her enthusiasm, I nodded my head. “It was perfect. It felt so right and intense.”

Lizzy nodded her head, nudging me to go on.

“Well… the rest you know.”

“Oh, Ollie… So how was he? Was he what you wanted in a mate?”

“Lizzy… We just met and yes, I mean, I don’t know, I don’t know him.”

She watched me silently for a second and then said, “Do you want to get to know him?”

That question left me speechless…

“I do and I don’t… it is complicated.”

She fell silent, and I was inwardly debating the question. Glancing at her, I couldn’t stop myself from asking. “What do you know about him?”

She grinned as she had the I knew it look, making me regret I ever asked her for a second.

“Well, he is the next in the line Alpha of the Blue Moon pack. I hear he is the big star in their old school, as a star player in the football team and…”

I felt her hesitation a moment, but I was too curious; I wanted to know all.

“And?”

“Ollie… well…”

“Oh, just say it.”

“Okay, okay… well, they say he is a ladies’ man.” She gave me an I am sorry look.

Snorting, I stayed silent.

“He is also smart, did debates, and is one of the top students in the class.”

“Okay, okay… how in the world do you know all of that?”

It surprised me.

“Well, when I noticed how you two were behaving in the cantina, I kind of… maybe… did a little research about him.” She blushed.

My eyes almost fell out of their sockets when she said that.

“Why would you do that? And what do you mean, how we were behaving? He was ignoring me and letting that blondie put her stinky paws all over him.”

“Oh God, Ollie, sometimes you can be so blind!”

“Hey!”

Chuckling, she said, “I looked into him because you are my best friend and I wanted to be sure he is not some psycho jerk, and if you really want to know, and I think you should, he left a few minutes after you took off.”

“He did?”

“Yes, he did, and yes, without Samantha.”

I growled at the mention of her name.

“What is she to him?”

“I am not sure, but I know she is in the cheerleader team and has had a crush on him for some time.”

She paused for a moment. “Oh… and they say she is a real bitch,” she whispered, leaning close to me.

Well, whoever and whatever she was, I knew I didn’t like her at all.

“Oh, I almost forgot… Tyson asked me to give you this.”

She reached into her pants pocket and pulled out a neatly folded piece of paper.

Taking the paper from her hand, I unwrapped it.

Dear Ollie,

Meet me tonight at 10 pm at Sunshine Peak.

P.S.

I won’t accept no for an answer ;)

“What does it say?” Lizzy was watching me in anticipation.

“He wants to meet with me… tonight.”

“Ooh… will you go?”

I gave her the look that said Seriously? You know how he is.

Lizzy stayed with me for a little while longer, and we chatted and planned and watched some TV shows. Then she was off to head home.

Now I was here debating what to do. If I didn’t go, I knew Tyson would come and just drag me out, so that meant I’d have to go anyway.

Not knowing what to expect, I went to my closet and took out my red dress with stripes all over it and laid it on my bed. Then I got into the shower.

As soon as I was ready, James knocked on my door.

“Hey.”

“Hey.”

He noticed I was dressed to go out and looked confused.

“Are you going somewhere?”

I contemplated what to say. I knew he and Tyson were good friends, but even I didn’t know why Tyson asked me out like this.

“Tyson asked to meet him, so I am on my way there now… Umm… did you need something?”

“Oh yeah, I wanted to ask if you’re up for a movie night, just chilling here at home, but since you have plans, we can do that some other time.”

“Sounds good.” I smiled at him as I passed by him and went into the hallway.

“Ollie…” he said while he walked after me.

“Hmm?”

“Do you like Tyson?”

I stopped in the middle of my step and looked at him. Dear God, did my brother just ask me that?