Chapter Seven

I take a step back reluctantly, not wanting to pull away from his arms. His question shocked me. I know we are supposed to be mates, but we are only interim mates. An arranged relationship. Did he actually want a real relationship with me?

“I…I can’t.” I get out of the shower grabbing my towel before rushing out the bathroom door. I hr the water shut off in the shower as I get dressed. Leaving my towel on his bed I head for the door.

“Cass wait,” Jordan shouts from the bathroom.

I reach for the doorhandle turning it. Locked. The safety protocol. How could I forget that we were trapped in here together.

“I need to get out,” I shout back at Jordan as he exits the bathroom partially dressed. His muscles shine in the light, still covered in water droplets. He was beautiful and it was effortless. He stood there resting one arm against his dresser whilst drying his hair with the other.

“It’s locked remember; dad still hasn’t told me it’s safe to get out.” He sighs as he chucks his towel through the bathroom door behind him.

“Would you even tell me if he did?” I ask, crossing my arms. Was there even a threat outside or did he want to keep me to himself? I muse. A look of disgust and confusion crosses his face at my words.

“You think I wanted to trap you in here for my own personal gain? What on earth would that even achieve?!” he scoffs.

“You did just have me shower with you in your tiny 1 shower headed shower and then asked me to kiss you.” Anger creeping into my voice as my mind replays the past half hour.

“You didn’t have to shower with me, I gave you the option and I asked if I could kiss you I didn’t force myself on you so don’t put the blame on me because you’re freaking out that you wanted to kiss me too. At least I had the balls to say it.” He storms over to his computer, putting his headphones on as he goes back to playing his game. Great.

I sat down on the bed watching the minutes tick by on the alarm clock on his dresser. Jordan sits at his computer with his back to me, ignoring me as he played his video games. Being trapped with him was confusing. I enjoyed his company and the safety of the room, but I was also mad at him for not understanding my feelings. Then again, I didn’t even understand my feelings.

I battled with my mind and feelings for the next three hours until Jordan finally turned around. The movement making me jump a little.

“Dad said it’s safe.” He pulls out the tiny remote from his sweatpants and presses a button. The shutters groan as they rise back into the frame and a click comes from the doors as they unlock.

I stand up and head towards the door, feeling his eyes watch me as I walk. I stop with my hand on the handle, spinning back around to face him.

“Thankyou… for keeping me safe.” I tell him and I turn back opening the door and I walk out.

I walk downstairs, getting some food from the kitchen. I was starving. Jordan had no food in his room, and we were trapped in there for hours. Rummaging through the pantry I grab a packet of chips. Deciding to eat them in my room I start to head back upstairs before I stop as I look at the front door. I watch as the shadow bends down through the frosted glass. Who is that?

I notice a note being pushed under the door. The shadow standing back up and leaving. I race over and pick it up before opening the door. Nobody was there. I run outside trying to see who the mystery shadow was, but they were gone. Jordan appears behind me.

“What’s that?” he asks as he puts his hand on my shoulder. I roll my shoulder, shaking his hand off before handing him the note, still looking around at the garden. Where did they go? I ask myself.

I turn to face Jordan; he had opened the letter.

“What’s it say?” I ask stepping beside him to look over his shoulder. I notice the handwriting as I begin reading. Mum’s handwriting? Shocked I look up spinning around again. Mum was here. I have to find her. Looking around I can’t work out which way she went. Why didn’t she stay? Why did she leave a note? I ask myself.

“Cass it’s your parents” I hear Jordan say, sadness in his voice. I walk back over to him snatching the letter from his hands.

‘Dearest Cass,

I’m so sorry we left so suddenly without saying goodbye. Your father and I got into some trouble and we needed to leave immediately. We wish you could come with us but it’s best that you don’t. You’re safer with Alpha Issac and his son. They’re you’re family now.

Please don’t come looking for us, it will only put you in danger and we vowed we would keep you safe as best we could. This is the only way we know how to do that.

We love you always,

Mum & Dad’

Jordan POV

I watch her intently as she reads the letter, tears forming in her eyes. I take a step toward her when she suddenly drops to the floor crying. I reach out for her, just catching her before she hits the gravel. I pull her onto my lap, letting her cry as the letter slips from her fingers. The feeling of abandonment hitting me as I re-read the words as they stare at me from the ground. ‘leave immediately…they’re your family now…don’t come looking for us’.

I mind-link dad, letting him know about the letter. Two minutes later Samuels wolf Dimitri comes running through from the forest to the west of the house. I turn my head to face him, watching him shift back. Samuels runs over to us, pulling leaves from his thick brown hair.

“Where’s the letter?” he asks. I nod towards it on the ground in front of us and he picks it up before reading it. “Get her inside,” he says to me. I shake my head not wanting to move her until she was ready.

“We are fine here,” I tell him. He nods and walks towards the house, heading inside. I sit with Cassidy cradled on my lap crying. Letting her process what she read.

“How could they just abandon her, and what the hell was that about vowing to keep her safe? Safe from who and who did they vow to?” Koray asks me. He was upset about the letter too, but I could feel he was angrier at their actions than upset for Cassidy being abandoned.

“I don’t know, we have to find out.” I tell him. Something wasn’t right.

I rock back and forth slowly, trying to keep my blood flowing, not wanting my body to go numb from sitting here. After half an hour Cass calms down enough that the tears stop. She was still upset. I just don’t think she has any tears left in her body. I shift my weight under her so I can stand up. She adjusts herself making it easier for me to carry her back inside the house. It was getting dark.