Chapter 6

Kiara Robertson's pov

Snarling, I was ripped from Nathan as Devan whipped me around, then slammed me against his hard chest.

“You let her escape! I should be the one keeping her by my side.”

“What are you doing, Dev?! You're holding her too tightly, and she is mine,” Nathan stated, causing me to furrow my brow and jerk away from Devan.

“I am NOBODY'S plaything,” I hissed bitterly, then added threateningly, “If you keep grabbing me, I'm going to kiss you.”

Huffing, Devan snapped, “I'd like to see you try, little lady.”

Grinning, I reached up, grabbed him forcibly by the back of the neck, and planted a hot one on his mouth.

My eyes widened at the fangs he had inside his mouth. Their presence confused me as he attempted to deepen the kiss, but I shoved him back.

“Why do you have permanent fangs?” I questioned sternly.

Hearing laughter, I glanced at Nathan with confusion.

“Devan is a hybrid and a blood drinker,” he snickered while I screwed my face and cursed.

“He is like me with a father like Soren?!” I growled.

“No, I am nothing like you,” he said in disgust.

Crossing my arms, I groaned miserably as he started draping the damn silver around me again.

Hissing at the burn, I was surprised to see Nathan giving me a sympathetic look.

“Go back and get the vehicle, and we can head to the next state and stay on the Waning Moon pack lands,” Devan ordered Nathan.

Creasing his brow, Nathan snorted and said, “Do you think bringing her there is wise?”

Frustrated, I stood there eyeing them both in disbelief and spat as I pointed between them, “You're a hybrid, and he is a Vaewolf, yet neither of you was treated as such by Alpha. I don't care if you're his son. None of it makes sense! He HATED me!”

Devin furrowed his brow, then glared at his best friend.

“You are a Vaewolf? Do you have two mates then?” Devan questioned angrily.

With a flushed face, Nathan looked super pale all of a sudden as he nodded slowly.

His words were quiet as he said, “Yeah, I have two mates, but I'm not gay so…”

Covering my gasp with my fingers, I looked at him and said, “It's Devan, isn't it?”

His red eyes met mine, and I could see the agony within them and the truth as well.

“You are with me because I am your second mate?!” Devan asserted and shoved Nathan backward.

Seeing my window to escape I shook off the silver chain then stepped back into the trees as they started fighting.

“Stay, maybe they'll get down and dirty,” Raksha chuckled, and I curled my lip and shook my head as I ran into the woods and away from the shouting men.

“If they keep it up, the cops will pull over,” I said as I took off running once my strength returned fully. That sucked about silver; it drained my kind, but luckily I recharged quickly.

I reached Granger just when the sun was starting to rise.

I was exhausted and scanned the small Main Street for help-wanted signs and a place to lay my head.

“You need to hurry before those two doorknobs come driving through here,” Morgana hissed, and I pinched my mouth at seeing a thrift store beside a coffee shop.

“I think I will have a coffee, count the cash I have, then go to the thrift store for some new-to-me clothes,” I murmured.

Seeing the open sign flipped over at the entrance, I quickened my pace to the coffee shop.

Once inside, I asked for the restroom and went in to clean myself up quickly.

Looking at my reflection, I practiced smiling without showing my fangs and grinned slightly at mastering it.

Going to the counter, I ordered a small black coffee and thanked the worker with a perfect grin.

Taking a seat, I watched the road outside as I drank.

"Shame you don't know what those two were driving,” my wolf huffed as I tied my hair up into a messy bun. Hearing a speeding car, I asked the worker if there was a rear exit and got up when she nodded.

As I rushed to the back, I grabbed a pastry from a baking sheet and headed to the door while shoving it into my mouth.

Devan and Nathan weren't going to have an easy time hunting me, I thought with determination.

Watching them park and head into the coffee shop, I crushed the empty paper cup I held.

“Why do they want me so badly? There are much worse rogues on the loose than me,” I huffed.

“Well, sweetie, you are their mate, so that might make a difference,” both of them chimed in my head, making me shudder as I tossed the crumbled cup into the dumpster.

Seeing a flash of darkness, I was lifted into the air and started swinging.

“Settle yourself, Kiara! We have decided to help you instead of taking you back to the pack,” Devan asserted, making me freeze.

“Why?” I inquired, and he smiled.

“Because what you said made sense. My father should have thrown out Nathan and told me I was worthless for being a hybrid. I want to discover why he didn't and also why he vehemently hates Vaewolves.”

Confused, I eyed him and Nathan suspiciously but eventually nodded when I realized he was being sincere.

“Okay, buy me some clothes then,” I demanded, and he shrugged.

“So did you two confess your undying love to one another?” I asked teasingly, and they both immediately said no in unison, making me laugh.

Feeling a hand run to my lower back, I turned to see Nathan standing next to me and gasped when he placed a tender kiss on my cheek while Devan kissed the other side.

“I'm going to teach you how to be a good Vaewolf and hide one of your cryptids so you aren't caught by hunters,” Nathan asserted.

“Why are you both going to help me?”

Gesturing toward Devan, the Alpha's son said, “I have always liked you, Kiara, even though your attitude sucks, but I questioned my dad about why he was always punishing you and the others like you. I know I was an asshole when I was younger, but trust me, you have filled out nicely.”

He cupped his chest mimicking my breasts, and I rolled my eyes.

“Let's go to the thrift store,” I commented and headed down the alley to the street

Poking my back, I glanced at Devan.

“Did you happen to rob us because all of our cash is missing?”

Raksha and Morgana were humming in my head and fighting with each other.

“What if they are playing you?”

Chewing on my bottom lip, I told them not to worry since I trusted no one anyway.