93. Karina and Matteo

Meanwhile elsewhere.

Karina slipped out of her window whilst carrying a small duffle pack over her shoulder. Matteo had dropped her home yesterday after a surprise visit to her school. He was quite concerned about her being hunted by Leo.

Leo was still a new wolf, and it would no doubt take time for him to control his new wild side. Since Karina was on his mind, Matteo was concerned that dumb a$$ cop would see her as his prey no doubt after his transformation.

Matteo knew he’d have to tell Leo to back off. For Karina was no prey. He was his sweet little lamb that he cared about, and he was not going to let any harm come to her. In order to protect Karina. After driving her near a view point where they can see the town lights. She noted many people in other cars making out and looked awkwardly at Matteo.

“Don’t worry. We’re not here to make out. Unless you want to?”

“What the hell! No!”

Matteo smirked seeing her blush, and finally told her the truth as to why he was here.

…Flashback…

*“Let me mark you?”*

To which she scoffed and laughed at him.

*“Are you crazy I will not let you mark me?!”*

Matteo gave her a patient look.

*“You say that it like it’s a bad thing?”*

He was rather relaxed about this matter. Clearly Karina wasn't.

*“It is! I don’t want you sticking your fangs in me, and why on Earth would you want to mark a silly human teenager like me? Have you ever stopped to think that how dangerous that could be for me? Not everyone survives the marking process. Leo got lucky. Thankgod! And this mark is supposed to be a big deal right? Well I’ll tell you right now. I'm not your lover! I feel nothing for you, and Eww I don’t like you Matteo, please just please stop this crazy talk about you marking me. You’re scaring me now.”*

Matteo chuckled at how flustered she got imagining him sinking his teeth into her.

*“It’s not funny.”*

*“Sweetheart. You need to trust me on this one. I’m not going to hurt you. I need to do this because my mark will protect you from Leo.”*

*“What do you mean?”*

*“Look. Leo has escaped from us, and currently we don’t know where his where abouts are, but I know for a fact that he is going to hunt you down and this time he’s not going to be his usual self.”*

Matteo let out a low growl, and flashed his bright green eyes at her, making her gasp out of fright.

He relaxed his features and Karina nervously gulped in understanding.

*“You mean hh..his wolf? His wolf will see me as a..”*

“Teen meal.” Matteo clarified, kissing his tooth whilst staring at her worried state of mind.

Karina’s eyes watered. Had she truly lost Leo? Had he lost his human side to the beast? No that couldn’t be possible.

*“But this is Leo? He would never hurt me?”* Karina shook her head in denial.

Matteo sighed out.

*“We don’t know that for sure. Karina, when Alpha Ares bit him, he was still highly intoxicated with the previous drugs he was taking, and we were trying to help Leo get in control of his wolf, but it seems that his wolf has got control of him.”*

*“So now he’s going to hunt for me?”*

*"Think about it. He feels betrayed by you, his angry with you Karina. Plus his wolf has got you on his mind for his menu? Because you've made Leo your enemy by betraying him.*

Karina sniffed holding back her tears. Leo won't see her as his friend but as his enemy?!

Matteo’s inner wolf hated seeing her afraid and neither did Matteo too. The strong beta, pulled her in to his arms, giving her a comforting hug whilst she cried over his shoulder scared. Karina closed her eyes feeling guilty and thinking about the once sweet cop who put her stupid a$$ teacher in jail to save her from him.

*" I didn't mean it! I'm sorry. I'm sorry Leo!*"

“Shhh, little lamb. I will never let Leo take a bite out of you. But you’ll need to let me.”

Karina pulled away from him and her heart hammered in her chest.

They stared at each other a great deal.

*“Yo..you’re not attacking me?”*

*“My little rose. I know I’m a beast, but I won’t hurt a flower like you.”* He wiped a tear away from her flustered cheek.

She was grateful for Matteo for not hurting her. Sure he scared her, but this time round it was different with him. He was watching her like she was something special to him.

This truly troubled her.

*“I don’t understand? Why do you still want to mark me? What will this mark prove? I don't like this Matteo”*

Karina said shaking her head at him.

*“Karina, my mark will be a special on you. This will let Leo’s wolf know that you’re taken. My scent will be on you. Leo’s wolf will be put off when he’ll catch my scent on you. Wolves usually attack non marked women that don’t carry a scent of a man all over their body.”

Her heart beat oddly skipped a beat, when he sounded somewhat sensual to her. Matteo hid his smirk hearing all her nervous heart beats, when he teasingly eyed her up. She pulled her blue sweater closer to her chest.

Even so!

A bite was still a bite! What if this crazy guy turned her into a beast herself? What would happen if she didn’t survive, and if she did? Would she end up like Leo, loosing her human side to a monster?!

After another long pause of silence he eyed her neck line and licked his lips to start the process of the marking. He caressed her cheek and looked at her deeply troubled by his gaze.

*“So?”*

Karina held his hand, with her trembling cold one. She had to be careful not to upset him. What if Matteo wasn’t as sweet as he looked? What if the crazy guy pulled out his fangs now and made her scream in bloody murder?!

*“Can I sleep on it? Please?”* She looked at him in a pleading manner.

Matteo growled at her lowly and retracted his hand away starting the car, in slight annoyance.

*“Very well. I’ll give you 24 hours to come in terms with what I’ll do with you, tomorrow.”* Matteo said strictly.

*“One way or another Karina, you will let me mark you weather it will be by choice or force. I will mark you tomorrow by 10pm the latest.”* He added taking the car around her house.

The car stopped and Karina’s heart was pounding in her chest. 10pm?! Matteo was going to f^cking bite her whether she liked it or not!

She unbuckled her seatbelt fast and she had opened the door to get out, but Matteo grabbed her wrist making her sharply gasp.

He smirked knowing his worried little lamb all too well.

*“You’re not going to run away from me tomorrow are you?”*

….End of Flash back….

HELL YEAH I AM!

It was 8pm, two hours before Matteo showed up.

Karina climbed down her ladder from her window that she kept and called herself an DUBER ride. She’d made up her mind that she wasn’t going to let Matteo bite her or the even let Leo hunt her down for that matter.

But just as she approached the her DUBER ride.

Matteo silver Lamborghini ride parked right behind the DUBER vehicle.

He looked at his little trouble maker and glowed his eyes at her strictly, making her freeze in her spot.

He stepped out of his ride and approached the DUBER driver.

The driver pulled down his window.

“Get out of here before things get ugly for you.” Matteo warned glowing his eyes and growling at him, scaring the sh!t out of the poor driver.

“You got it!”

The car screeched heavily turning the corner and Matteo turned his attention to his very troubled and silent lamb.

“Get in the car, we’re going on a long, long drive princess.”

Karina gave him a nervous smile and turned on her heel, heading straight towards her ladder. But in a sudden flash, Matteo blocked her path easily. He stalked towards her and Karina nervously gulped remaining silent.

“I don’t think you understand what I just said little lamb. Get you’re a$$ in the car, or I’ll break the door down, and let my wolf out to feed on Mr and Mrs Smith.”

Smith?

That wasn’t her foster parents’ surname.

“You mean Johnson?”

Matteo growled lowly not caring what her foster parents name were. Karina nervously gulped and nodded at him that she wouldn’t run. How could she anyway? He was too damn fast for her. He took her bag of her shoulder and Karina had quickly removed something out of it, before he took it away.

“Get moving, before I put your naughty a$$ in the trunk Karina, for disobeying me like that.” He growled again making her quickly obey him.

Matteo didn’t like being bossy like this. Infact he didn’t wish to mark her since it was against her will, however he knew he’d had to be bad Matteo, in order to protect her from that crazy fool who was no doubt hunting to kill her now.

“Ok. Ok, I’m going.” She said obediently.

you crazy wolf.” She muttered under her breath lowly as she turned on her heel. Karina marched back to his flashy ride and got in nervously. Clearly plan A: Runaway backfired and now she’d have to move skilfully and carefully on to plan B: Fight back then runaway. C: If you can’t fight them, then join them was the last option on her mind.

Matteo got in revved his engine suddenly exciting his nervous little lamb, who already started rubbing her neck worriedly.

“Relax sweetheart, it’s only me.” Matteo chuckled giving her a toothy grin and took off on the road.

With a nervous growing Karina beside him.

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Back on *‘I’m a werewolf get me out of here! Island’*

“Fruits?”

Rick growled at Liza who had kindly gathered fruits she’d supplied for her sudden canine visitors. She had started up a fire for them in her cave, and Ares was impressed with the red cloaked cave girl.

“What’s wrong? Don’t you like fruit and the marshmellows?” She asked seeing Jack feeding Judy grapes and Ares who was trying to figure out how the hell to get towards the floating island, whilst eating his tasty bananas. Liza was happy to see the other wolves looking much calm, however Rick was still showing her signs that he wanted to eat her, no doubt.

“No I don’t like fruits and marshmellows! I like meat.” He growled looking at Liza hungrily, freaking the twelve year old out.

Rick had to heavily control his inner wolf. His blood thirsty thermometer was on the rise and if he didn’t get to eat any fresh humans he’d have no choice but to let out his wolf.

“Chh..Chickens we…we have chickens! I’ll I’ll go and get them for you.” Liza said quickly and Rick rose to catch her again. But Ares stopped him.

R: She’s lying!

A: Let her go.

R: Alpha Ares?

A: Don’t you want to see where the *chickens* are?