Ryker sighs loudly before pinching the bridge of his nose. He looks out the windscreen before spinning in his seat and staring at me.
"My brothers are coming with us home, you step one foot out of line, even a fucking toe, and go near them I will kill you understood?"
"Home?"
"Yes, my home after we go to Avalon City, but you don't even talk to them, or look at them. Understood?" I nod, putting my head down and fiddling with my fingers. I wanted to shift and go running. My wolf comes forward, peering out my eyes.
"Stop fiddling, chin up. Don't you cry, we can't keep him, you knew this? Why are you upset? We are not his family, we have no family here, what did you expect?"
" But he was nice a minute ago?"
"They will kill him, and he doesn't want us," she says simply. I nod to her.
"We are family though?"
"We are family, you always have me and I have you," she says. We wait and another car pulls up beside us. A silver one like my mate's eyes.
I hear a feminine voice and glance up to see Lana getting out of the car though she doesn't smell like Lana from the open window. I sniff the air. That's not Lana but they look the same.
"Lana must be a twin," my wolf says.
"Twin?"
"Yes like that girl from home, the ones that looked the same, remember the ones with the flaming red hair" I nod yes Lana must be like them.
I hear the back door open and two boys get in who also must be twins, I turn to see who they are when Ryker opens the door hopping in.
"Who is that," The girl asks.
"None of your business, bye Arial," he says, winding the window up and starting the car. I turned to see who got in the car. Ryker grips my face and growls.
"What did I say, eyes to yourself"
I looked out my window and my heart hurt at his words.
"Who is she?" I hear one of them ask.
"Nobody, now be quiet," he tells them, my heart twisting in my chest.
"Why does it hurt when he speaks?" I ask my wolf.
"Because he is our mate, that's what they do, that's why they take them. They hurt us. Mates are bad 46 we must not forget"
We drove in his car for what felt like forever. The sky went from light to dark as it swallowed everything outside.
After a couple more hours I saw lights ahead. Making me sit up. I could hear snoring in the back but didn't turn. I didn't want to anger my mate by looking at them, though they smelled young like pups do.
I watch big buildings all lit up, so many things to see and look at.
Ryker
Pulling up at Avery's Apothecary Shop, I look over the back seat. Both Tyson and Ace were fast asleep. I grab Ace's shoulder, shaking him. His eyes open to look back at me.
"What?" He asks before wiping his drool off his chin.
"I have to go see Aamon and Avery, wait in the car I won't be long. You step one foot from this car, you or Tyson you will be pulling my shoe from your ass for the next week"
He swats my hand away. "Whatever" he growls going back to sleep. I growl at him but he rolls nestling back into his position and using the window as a pillow. Sitting up, I find my mate staring at them.
"You are no good at obeying orders," I tell her and she looks away.
"I was only looking"
"Well don't, now follow me"
I tell her hopping out of the car. I stood stretching when I realize she still hadn't gotten out of the car. I roll my eyes, seriously? This girl has issues. I walk around to her side, opening the door.
"See this, you pull it and the door will open. Magic," I tell her as she stares at the handle on the door trim. She nods, getting out.
I grab her arm pulling her toward the shop. Opening the glass door, my nose is hit with the smell of burning sage. The doorbell rang loudly and I could see lights out the back. Walking toward them Aamon walks out the beaded curtain.
"Ryker!" He says patting me on the back. His eyes go to my mate. He looks her up and down and she too is observing him. She sniffs the air.
"His scent was in your car," she says, and I raise an eyebrow. I was surprised she could pick his scent up. I had the windows down most of the way here.
Aamon cocks his head to the side, his eyes turning onyx and I growl at him. Though I am shocked once again when his little tricks don't work on my mate, she doesn't react at all to him, just steps closer to me away from him.
"Try your little tricks of seduction again and I will smack you one"
"Settle. I am happily married though I think you are right she is like Lily, my tricks never worked on her either," he says.
My mate stares at me curiously. I don't have time to explain to her what he is nor do I care to.
We followed him out the back, Avery was sitting at her table, a cup of tea in her hand.
"Ryker I hear your sister had a little girl, such wonderful news though I knew she would," Avery says. I smile at her. I never should have doubted her abilities.
"And you have brought me your new mate," she says motioning with her hand to sit across from her. I push my mate towards the chair forcing her to sit.
Avery leans back her fiery Auburn hair flowing down her back and across her shoulders, her green eyes sparkling like emeralds as she watched my mate.
"Interesting indeed," she says.
"So I am right she is like Lily," Aamon asks her. Avery shakes her hand. "Kind of, I can't read her future either but I may be able to see her past a little"