Mates Don't Love

She Met Someone New

Amber’s POV

Over the next week it was really hard to deal with an impatient Lucas and an emotional Lucia.  The Vampire had made contact with her asking her to go out with him again and she accepted.  I didn’t want her to go and cautioned her that he was no good.  But she turned on me saying that I thought Lucas was one of the good guys and look what he did to her.  She was lashing out and I deserved it.  I had no idea that night would turn out the way it did.  Ronnie has been texting and calling me daily to find out how things are going and today I snapped.  “Your Alpha f*****g raped her in a jealous rage.  He stole her virginity in the most undignified way.  While he had no clue of the abuse that she suffered before him he still shouldn’t have treated her that way.  How the f**k do you think she’s doing?”  He begged me to talk to her and make her understand how remorseful Lucas was and while I understood what he was saying I was also in between a rock and hard a place.  “You need to make your Alpha understand that she doesn’t trust anyone right now except Vlad.”  When Lucas heard that he roared in pain and anger.  He couldn’t understand what she saw in the vampire.  Personally I couldn’t understand it either but the more that I had gotten to know him the more I didn’t trust him.  Lucas sent roses every single day with an apology note attached begging Lucia to forgive him and give him another chance.  She just threw them out and told me they meant nothing to her.

Lucia bounded down the stairs at that time dressed to the nines.  “Going out with Vlad again?”  I asked quite sarcastically.  She looked me dead in the eyes and said “for your information Vlad and I are just friends and no I’m not going out with him.”  I quirked my eyebrows at her as a sign for her to better explain herself.  She sighed as she sat down on the couch and started to tell me all about the werewolf that she had met while out with Vlad.  According to her he was tall, dark and handsome and ever so dreamy.  My heart lurched, she wasn’t supposed to fall in love with anyone else.  She was to be pure for Lucas.  But then again technically she was pure for him as it was Lucas that took her virginity.  I looked deeply in her eyes and said “Lucia please be careful.  I know you don’t trust anyone else’s judgement right now but Vlad and those he hangs around with are not good people.  They would hurt you if they knew who you really were.”  She smiled at me and said “it doesn’t matter much.  How much more could they hurt me?  Brian tried to kill me and Lucas raped me taking my virginity.  I have nothing left they can take from me.”  I looked at her and said “but what about finding your mate?  You don’t want to upset the balance with your future mate by being with to many people.  I’m sure he would be sympathetic to you being raped but other than that he may not be so understanding.  You know how male wolves can get possessive.”  She looked at me and said “I don’t care about my future mate.  As a matter of fact I could care less what my future mate may want or need from me.  If he can’t accept the fact that I have had others before him he doesn’t deserve me in the slightest.  I don’t give a f**k about who the moon goddess has chosen for me to be with.”  My jaw dropped at her words but then again I couldn’t blame her at all.

Lucia’s POV

Amber was on the phone to that Ronnie guy again today.  He was calling every single day trying to get Amber to convince me to forgive his friend and give him another chance.  The guy was trying to hard and I was no where near ready to forgive him.  Vlad had called me and asked me to go out with him and I had agreed.  He was turning out to be a great friend.  At first I was attracted to him thinking that maybe we had a little something going but then he met his mate.  After that I was just a friend and I was ok with that.  Vlad had treated me kindly and I trusted him.  I got that Amber didn’t and when I told Vlad that Amber didn’t trust him he just laughed telling me that not many people who dealt with the supernatural world didn’t trust vampires.  I couldn’t understand that but to each their own.  One night while I was out with Vlad and his mate a werewolf made his way over to us.  He introduced himself and Anthony.  I fell in love at first sight.  He was handsome and so very dreamy.  My insides tingled when I saw him.  At first I didn’t tell Amber about meeting him or that Vlad had met his mate.  He asked me if I felt like the earth had stopped when I looked at him as he did me.  I told him that I was sorry but I didn’t feel anything.  When he asked about why he couldn’t sense my wolf I explained that I had went through some trauma before I fully shifted the first time and my wolf has been dormant.  He looked at me seriously and told me he was sorry and hoped that some day I would be comfortable enough to tell him what happened.  That night I fell a little more in love with him.

I came trodding down the stairs as she hung up the phone.  “Going out with Vlad again?” she asked me quite sarcastically.  I just shook my head and looked her dead in the eyes and said “for your information Vlad and I are just friends and no I’m not going out with him.”  She gave me a serious look, quirked her eyebrows beckoning me to explain myself.  I sighed this was going to take a little time.  I sat down on the couch and started to explain how Vlad had found his mate and how a few nights ago I had met the most amazing man.  I told her that I could see myself falling in love with him as he was everything I wanted in a man.  I could tell that she wasn’t happy with what I had just said but to bad this was my life.  Amber looked at me with deep concern in her eyes and said “Lucia please be careful.  I know you don’t trust anyone else’s judgement right now but Vlad and those he hangs around with are not good people.  They would you if they knew who you really were.”  It angered me did she not get how much I had been hurt already.  By people that were supposed to be good.  I trusted everyone else’s judgement and look where it had gotten me.  Almost killed by one asshole and raped by another. I smiled and looked at her and said “it doesn’t matter much.  How much more could they hurt me?  Brian tried to kill me and Lucas raped me taking my virginity.  I have nothing left they can take from me.”  She looked at me with horror on her face and said “but what about finding your mate?  You don’t want to upset the balance with your future mate by being with to many people.  I’m sure he would be sympathetic to you being raped but other than that he may not be so understanding.  You know how male wolves can get possessive.”  The very fact that she was saying something like that to me made me angry.  Nobody had a right to judge me on what I did or didn’t do.  I f*****g didn’t believe in the mate bond any longer after what Brian had done.  I looked at her and said “I don’t care about my future mate.  As a matter of fact I could care less what my future mate may want or need from me.  If he can’t accept the fact that I have had others before him he doesn’t deserve me in the slightest.  I don’t give a f**k about who the moon goddess has chosen for me to be with.”  I watched her jaw drop and with that I got up and left the house.

Anthony’s POV

I was waiting outside the apartment when Lucia came stomping out.  I could tell by the look on her face that she was upset.  I knew that the person she was living with was her protector and probably wasn’t to happy with the fact that she wasn’t with her destined mate.  What Lucia didn’t know was that I knew her full story.  I knew about the betrayal of her first mate and how he almost killed her.  I knew how she was lying to her family making them think that she was roaming around the country when in reality she was living here in Vegas.  I knew that Lucas was her actual destined mate and she was supposed to go through the near death experience with Brian to make her a stronger wolf.  I also knew she didn’t have her wolf at this point in time meaning she couldn’t sense the mate bond and would be susceptible to me telling her that we had it.  If I can get her to trust me and let me mate with her and maybe even mark her than my fate is all set.  Lucas would lose out of his perfect mate but then I would be mated to an Alpha female and my life would be set.  I would convince her to return to her home after we had successfully mated and confront that creep Brian and then her brother would appoint me as his Beta.  I had a plan.  Also, then my Alpha would be able to challenge her brother and take over his pack.  We had a plan but the dark sorceress that we were working with explained to us that it would never work if Lucia and Lucas ever got together.  It also wouldn’t work if she ever regained her wolf before the take over happened.  If I could mate with her and mark her fully then she would turn to our side and use the powers she had been gifted for our cause.  The thing is I would have to mark her and get her pregnant not necessarily in that order but both had to happen.  I knew she didn’t believe in the mate bond so I had to tread carefully. 

She got into the car and I grasped her hand giving it a kiss on the back and asked her if she was ok.  She looked at me and sighed.  “No, I know she means well but Amber wants me to give the fucker Lucas another chance.  He hurt me in the worst way and she knows it.”  Her eyes filled with tears as she continued “why can’t all guys be more like you.  Why do guys think it’s ok to hurt others?”  I shook my head and said “I’m not sure baby, but I will do everything I can in my power to make sure that I never hurt you.  Who is this Lucas person and if you don’t mind me asking how did he hurt you?”  She looked at me and said “that is a long story and if there is ever going to be anything between us I think it’s time that I told you my whole story.  We drove to a cozy little place where we could park and talk in private.  She spilled out her whole life to me and while I knew everything already I made sure to make it look like I was hearing it all for the very first time.  I was even surprised with myself at the tears I shed on her behalf endearing me to her even more.  “I don’t understand how they could hurt you like that but now that I know about Brian I understand why I feel the connection and you don’t.”  She gave me a confused look and I said “I think I may be your second chance mate.  It’s the only thing I can think of that is drawing me to you and making me want to protect you so much.  Lucia I know that you have lost faith in the bond but I still believe in it and will take however long you need for you to love me.”  She looked at me and said “I’ve already started loving you.  I just can’t take the pressure from Amber any longer about forgiving that Lucas guy.”  I looked at her and said “this is out in left field but I have a three bedroom house.  Why don’t you move in to one of the bedrooms with me.  That way we can figure out where this relationship is going with us and she can’t bother you day in and day out.”  Lucia thought about it for a bit and said “I would like that.”