Page 18 of Fated
I stood at the bottom of the driveway with some of my guards and Kyle when I gave the command to open the gates. It had to be a werewolf so I made sure I had enough guards to feel safe letting a stranger into the property. It was a black SUV and it reminded me of the type of SUV that Cade owned.
I watched the car enter the property and drive slowly toward us. Kyle stood behind me.
The car stopped and I stood watching as the car door opened. Blake got out of the car and closed the door. It felt like someone had sucker-punched me in the stomach. I stood still, shocked at the sight of him. Of everything I’d been expecting, seeing him hadn’t been one of them.
"Hey," he greeted. Gone was the disdain in his features, and instead there was a slight smile. The last time I'd seen him he'd walked away from me so I couldn't understand why he was here.
"What do you want?" I asked in a clipped tone. There had to be a reason why he was here. He certainly wasn't back because he'd changed his mind and wanted to be my mate.
He greeted Kyle before his gaze settled back on me.
"Can we talk in private?" he asked, his eyes flickering to the guards standing on either side of me.
I studied him for several moments before I gave a brief nod. He was my mate, so the least I could do was hear what he had to say in private before I sent him on his way. I doubted anything he said would change the heartbreak I'd felt when he'd rejected me. I turned to walk to my room with Blake following quietly behind. Kyle remained with the guards.
There was a flutter of nervousness in my stomach when I opened the door to my room and turned to watch Blake follow me inside. I closed the door and turned to face him. With him inside my room it felt so small and it was impossible to stop my nervousness from speeding up my heart. The last time, he'd looked at me with disgust and anger but it was hard to read his expression now.
"What do you want?" I asked, sounding harsh.
He stepped closer and I held still, not allowing myself to back away from him. I didn't want him to know how he could affect me.
"I'm sorry," he said softly as he held my gaze.
Out of every scenario that I thought would play out, I hadn't expected this. He seemed genuine but I didn't trust easily. My eyes narrowed. What had changed his mind? I looked at him suspiciously. There had to be something more to this.
"What's with the change of heart? You made it very clear the last time I saw you that you didn't want anything to do with me."
"I was shocked and angry. I didn't handle it very well," he admitted as he shoved his hands into the front pockets of his jeans.
The action outlined the hard stomach underneath and I couldn't help the reaction it pulled from me. I didn't want to be attracted to him, but I was.
"No, you didn't," I added, remembering the way he'd reacted.
He took another step closer.
"Don't," I told him, stepping back so I was out of his reach.
Touching him would connect us and I didn't want that to happen until I trusted that he hadn't come here with an ulterior motive.
"We can't touch," I whispered, feeling more emotional than I wanted to.
"Why?" he asked, his intense gaze holding mine. "You belong to me and I belong to you, it's our fate."
I swallowed hard. I wanted to reach out and touch him, but I needed to be able to trust that he wouldn't leave me. It had hurt so much when he'd walked away before, and I didn't know if I could handle it again, especially if we connected as mates.
"I don't trust that you won't walk away again." I told him the hard truth. His expression was hard to read as he took in my words.
"I will make it up to you," he promised. There was a part of me that believed him, but the part that didn't made me hesitant.
"I'm not sure if you can," I replied, shaking my head. He'd hurt me badly and I wasn't sure if he would be able to make me forget the pain.
"I'm sorry," he repeated. For a moment I saw the easy-going Blake that I'd first been taken with.
Like I'd said to Kyle, words were just words. Action was what I needed to make me believe that he was being truthful. My heart wanted to believe him but my mind wouldn't let me.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Blake
