Mates Don't Love

She Moved Out

Lucia’s POV

After my night out with Anthony I felt so much better.  Of course I was trying to make sense of what he was saying to me that he felt a mate bond with me.  I didn’t feel anything but then after telling him my story he explained that the reason I didn’t feel the mate bond was because I didn’t have my wolf.  She was dormant.  I was confused about this because I felt the mate bond with Brian and I hadn’t gotten her yet.  I hadn’t even shifted yet.  He explained that because of the trauma I suffered at Brian’s hands my wolf went dormant so feeling the bond between us would be non existent for me.  When I felt it with Brian it was because my wolf was coming out she just had broke free in the physical sense yet.  When I thought about it that made perfect sense.  I felt so good telling him about Brian and then telling him about Lucas.  The look on his face astounded me and the hurt in his eyes was evident.  He even teared up when I was finished telling him.  He took my hands into his and promised that he would never intentionally hurt me in any way and he couldn’t understand how anyone wouldn’t want to do anything but love and protect me in every way.  I can’t explain how precious it made me feel.  I mean I was kind of a plain jane until I came to Vegas.  I was also a little chubby but had been working that off as well.  I had been hitting the gym and my figure was starting to form very well.  I know that I had turned a few heads at the club when we have went out and I must admit I found the little growl he let out when other guys stared a little to long cute.  He would tell me that I was his woman and he was just letting them know that.  I loved to be valued as belonging.  I wanted that so much and he was showing me how a guy is supposed to act when they feel the mate bond.  So when he suggested that I move into one of his spare bedrooms to ease the tension between Amber and I as well as allowing us to bond a little better I was all for it.  The tension at Amber’s place was getting hard to deal with given that she was pushing me to forgive Lucas and give him another chance.  I just couldn’t do that.

When I broke the news to Amber that I was moving out she was astounded.  She immediately questioned me as to where I would be moving to.  “Not that it’s any of your business but I am moving in with my boyfriend.  He tells me that he can feel the mate bond between us and while I don’t feel anything like a mate bond I am in love with him.  I don’t care if I ever feel the mate bond with him but I’m also tired of you pushing me towards Lucas.”  I practically screamed those words at her.  To say she was shocked would have been an understatement.  But I didn’t care any longer.  When were people going to start taking my feelings into account.  Then she looked at me and said “what would your family say if they knew that you were living in Vegas with some guy?”  As if that was supposed to make me scared or something.   I just curled my lips at her and said “I don’t really care what they would say.  Actually they would probably be happy that I may have found my second chance mate and that I was happy.  I think I will be able to heal from what Brian and Lucas did to me and that is more important than anything else in the world at this moment.  Anthony treats me like a princess and he has been nothing but a gentleman with me.  If you or anyone else on this earth can’t accept it that is just to bad.  If you truly care for me then you will be nothing but civil to him when we are around.”  By the time I was finished I was crying.  I was so tired of being pushed into being with people that didn’t give two f***s about me.  With that I picked up the last of my belongings and loaded them into my car. 

Anthony’s POV

My plans were working pretty well I must say.  The first step was to get her to fall for me and then to get her separated from her protector.  By Lucia moving in with me it was easier than I thought it would be.  I even was able to get Lucia to stop spending so much time with that disgusting vampire and his chick.  Vampires can read minds and I didn’t need him reading my mind and uncovering my plans.  At the moment I was waiting for Lucia to pull up with her belongings.  Apparently her protector was severely against her moving in with me and even her having a relationship with me.  I had wooed this girl so well that she was willing to cut ties off from anyone who had something disgraceful to say about me.  If she only knew my true intentions and purposes she would not be so quick to cut others in her life off.  When I reported to my Alpha how well things were going he was ecstatic.  Apparently the Beta of Lucia’s pack was currently working with the rogues in his area to overtake the pack.  Hopefully, he wouldn’t make his move until Lucia and I have mated and hopefully marked one another.  Then we would go back to her pack and once the Beta made his move I would help fight off the attack and expose this Brian guy to the Alpha.  He would be so grateful and so proud of my being with his sister that he would promote me to Beta and I would learn his defenses.  Once all that was accomplished then our pack would make it’s move and we would take over.  Once we had taken over I would then go back and claim my actual mate after putting down this little b***h. 

A week after she had moved in we were having dinner.  I must say that Lucia was a really good cook. She was shaping up nicely and becoming a little easier to look at as well.  When we first met she was kind of a plain, chubby little wolf but now, let’s just say I could live with her if I had to.  She had been working really hard at getting into shape and wow what a shape she was getting into.  She was also taking better interest in her appearance and even dressing better.  She was turning out to be georgous on the inside and the outside.  She was a beautiful person inside and I almost felt bad for playing her like I was but she was collateral damage in the whole process of what was to happen.  She was part of an  intricate plan to take over the state of Utah for my pack and while I could get to love this she-wolf greatly I wanted my actual mate even more.  I couldn’t help but chuckle at that f*****g knucklehead Lucas.  He could have easily won her heart if he hadn’t let his wolf take over and hurt her the way he did.  She had even told me that she found a strange attraction to him and was taken to him like she couldn’t explain but that when he attacked her like that she felt nothing.  His loss my gain.

Ronnie’s POV

“What the f**k do you mean she’s moved out of her protector’s home?  Where the f**k did she go?  I thought you protectors were supposed to make sure we fulfilled our destinies.”  Lucas was pissed off and I couldn’t say that I blamed him in the slightest.  When Amber called me to tell me that Lucia moved out of her house I was a little upset as well.  But I could tell that Amber had been crying and felt bad about the whole situation.  She told me how she had tried to talk her out of moving and even how she had damaged her relationship with Lucia trying to convince her to give Lucas another chance.  When I questioned her about who she went to live with the answer was simple.  Lucia only told her that he was a werewolf and his name was Anthony.  It was going to take some investigation but we were certain we could find this Anthony and hopefully figure out what he wanted with Lucia before it was to late.  Amber had told us that before meeting this guy that Lucia had been hanging out with that vampire named Vlad but that they had become friends.  Amber had tried to warn Lucia that vampires were no good but Lucia was having none of that.  “Lucas, I know your upset man but we are working on finding her and making sure she’s ok.  Everyone knows how important she is not only for you but for the entire western United States. We will find her and protect even if she doesn’t want it.”

Vlad’s POV

When Amber approached me at the club I was astonished at her accusations.  She wanted to know what I had done to brainwash Lucia.  I explained to her that I hadn’t seen our friend in a few weeks.  Every time I tried to get in touch with her she was to busy to get together.  I was actually concerned about her and was about to contact Amber herself to make sure she was doing ok.  Amber told me that Lucia was serious about the werewolf she met while out with me one night and had even moved in with the guy.  I told Amber that I was fearful of Lucia living with him because I sensed that the guy was up to no good.  He never stayed around me long enough to get a good read on him but there was something he was hiding.  Before she left I added one more thing “Lucia is pregnant, you need to get her away from that guy before he finds out.  Before it’s to late.  Before you ask, it’s Lucas’ baby.  It was conceived that night he raped her.  But the baby is also blessed.  I pledge my allegiance to Lucia and her mate even if I don’t like the guy.”  Amber asked me to keep the bit about Lucia being pregnant quiet for now and I agreed that for her safety it needed to be kept under wraps.