Chapter 5
1976 Words
Lina's POV
I turn around. My eyes frantically searching for him. He was with me a moment ago. I hugged him. I can still feel how warm he is. I see Riley walk in probably to check on me or whatever. She only raises an eyebrow silently asking me where that man is.
I see my family walk in right away. I look at them and they look at me equally confused.
"What?" Papa asks.
"I don't know Papa. He was with me. Right here. But now he is invisible!! He disappeared!!!" I say in frustration.
"Huh?" Adi asks.
"You know... he did this," I pause to flick my finger, "and he is just gone!"
My family looks at each other and then at me. What? Did I miss something? Moreover why is he here today? Why not earlier. I got my wolf already and he is 853 year old. He could have come earlier!
"He did!" Nora whispers.
He did?
"The day we defeated and killed Miguel.! I caught the scent of mate. But then again, I thought it was in my head. But it's him. He was there that day!" Nora says.
Wow.! He was there that day and still chose to just walk away without congratulating me?
"That means he left!" Papa says
What?
"The finger flick. He can do a lot of things with it. Like.. leaving to his world now!" Papa says again.
Is he that powerful?!
"Like I said, the greatest of Warlocks" Adi butts in again.
Wow! Amazing for sure.
Riley grabs me and we are already running to our backyard. It is so wide that no one can hear us and I think it is exactly what Riley wants right now.
"Details b***h!" She squeals.
I smile to myself. I kind of miss him now.
"He does not even talk much. He is more into nodding subtly than express his heart through his mouth!!!" I tell her.
"Ahuh!" She smirks.
"And it's a mutual decision. We want to give it a try" I tell her.
"You want to give it a try and yet he left you alone with no clue?" Riley asks.
And with that, I am not that happy anymore. He does not talk anything. He did not even tell me what sorts of abilities he has. He can go to his world with just one finger flick?
Riley hugs me sensing my mood. I just stand there as I hug her back. I look forward and I see King Caleb Malloy walking towards us. My cousin and Riley's twin brother. He and Adi are best friends. But Caleb rarely talks to me. It's not like we don't like each other.. it is more like we don't have anything in common to talk about.
Moreover Caleb is so calm and reserved. He talks only when needed.
I see his six feet posture walk towards us. He looks so identical to his sister yet so different.! His deep black eyes and blonde hair compliments each other so well. This man is actually the epitome of the word HOT in werewolf race.
The sad part? He is single!
"Your brother is here!" I whisper.
She pulls away and turns around. She looks at him and waves her hand. It is then that I see him smile. It has been a while since I saw him smile. He laughs a lot with Adi but I don't understand why he wouldn't talk with me.
"What brings you here?" Riley asks Caleb.
"Mom and Dad are here too. I thought you said you wanted to go to spa?" He asks his sister.
"I wanted to. But I wanted to take her too. No, seriously.. why are you all here? Anything serious?" Riley asks.
And they both start walking towards the house as they talk to each other. They don't even turn back to see if I am following them or not.
Ummm... Hello? I am here? Do you people acknowledge that?!
Caleb once turns around and if I have to be honest, it feels like a dream. He freaking smiled at me!
The relationship between Caleb, Riley and I is so different. I don't even understand what to call them. So I settle down by calling them with their own names.
If you know the Malloys well, then.. well.... Then Alpha Titus had two sons. Jaxon Malloy and Nicholas Malloy. Jaxon Malloy later became the King. He had a son.. Derek Malloy.
Nicholas Malloy took over this pack at the age of seventeen. The brothers were then known as Alpha Brothers. But Nicholas Malloy did not find his mate until he was in his late thirties. Thirty nine years or something it was.!
By that time Jaxon Malloy's son Derek found his mate too. Nicholas Malloy's son is Aiden Malloy. Derek Malloy's son is Carl Malloy. The perfect brothers as they call. I wonder if they are really brothers or uncle and nephew!
And the rest... You know... Carl's children are Caleb and Riley. Aiden's children.. my brother and I.
The generation difference is that Jaxon found his mate at the right time. But his younger brother found his mate along with Jaxon's son. A whole generation difference it is!!
We walk into our house and I see everyone laughing as they talk about something. Caleb, Riley and I silently sit on the couch as they talk about Cherry Pie.
"So.. heard our little Lina found her mate today" Carl says.
I almost sigh at that but refrain myself. I then look at him and nod. Carl really likes me. Just like Papa. They treat me equally and unconditionally. I know it is only because I lost most of my childhood because my father decided to be an Asshole towards my mother.
"Yeah ... Donovan?" I ask him.
He smirks looking at me.
"Nope" I roll my eyes knowing very well what his smirk means.
"We did not mate already! Chill!! Calm down you old batch of people! Jeez!!!!!" I mutter and stand up walking towards the kitchen.
I take a water bottle from the refrigerator and take few gulps. It is then that I realise there is no lady in the home. I don't see Maa or Leah anywhere.
"Where is Maa?" I ask Papa.
"Oh your Aunt Leah took her to shopping. You know .. they have their ladies day once in a while" he says.
I nod. But usually Leah comes and takes Maa. Why did Carl and Caleb come here today? Oh by the way... Leah is Carl's wife. Former Queen. She was Dad's best friend when she was our pack member. Turns out she was the King's mate! Cool, nah?
I walk to the living room again. And on the couch, Caleb sat beside Riley leaving me with no choice than to sit beside him. I sit because I know he would not talk to me.
I sit and look at people talking to each other. Riley and Adi talk about some movie stuff while Dad and Carl are discussing about pack.
"So, how was he?" Caleb asks and I just pinch myself.
"Good" I whisper
He nods.
There it goes. Awkward again. He gently taps his fingers against his thigh. Something he does when he is nervous. Because I know this from Riley.
"Shall we go out? Lunch?" I ask Riley.
Hoping Caleb would come out too. For some reason he seems and sounds nervous.
"Yeah. Would love to! You both??" She asks Papa and Carl.
"We'll be fine. We are planning to meet Luke, actually. I need to visit Ella. My sister" Carl says.
Luke is the Beta of our Pack and Ella is his mate. Carl's cousin.
Three of us nod and stand. Walking out I see Riley holds my hand and Caleb rolling his eyes. Adi decided to meet up with Andrew and head somewhere. I see Adi is so extroverted outgoing fun loving boy. I wonder how he manages to do it.
We go to a Chinese restaurant and I order some authentic stir fried tofu with rice. Caleb's usual order is Dim sum and Riley's orders varies with her mood. Today she decided to have some Roasted duck.
We sip on our mojitos and wait for the food. Strange enough, Caleb chose to sit beside me today. I don't understand what is wrong.
"Umm... Riley? Can you order a side dish of some salad for me?" Caleb asks out of blue.
Okay. This is new.
"What? This is Chinese restaurant Cal!!" Riley scoffs.
"The one with braised chicken!! That is what I'm talking about!" He says.
Riley huffs and walks away. Now Caleb and I are alone at the table. I wonder what he is upto. He doesn't talk anything until he made sure Riley is away. I was taking another sip of Mojito and it is only then he speaks out.
"I'm sorry to bring this up, but I need to ask something!" He talks.
And trust me.. this is the longest sentence he talked to me in my eighteen years of existence!!
I only nod.
"I did not know who to talk to. I felt you are the right choice" he says.
Now he is making me nervous!
"What is it, Caleb?" I ask growing impatient.
"I guess I love my beta Jason's daughter. Not sure if she is my mate!" He says.
What the actual f**k dude!!!
"Are we talking about Maeve? The last time I remember, she is just fifteen or something?" I couldn't hide my surprise.
"Sixteen now. But it's really strong connection. I don't understand if my family understands me!" He says.
"And what made you think I would??" I ask him.
I look through the corner of my eye and Riley stands there scanning the menu once again. I don't know what for.
"Because we never talked much. That means you wouldn't judge me. You don't know anything about me so, you would give honest advice!" He says.
I nod. Makes sense.
"But I know Maeve more than you" I raise my eyebrow.
He rolls his eyes.
"You sure she is not your mate?" I ask him.
"I don't feel anything. My wolf does not even recognise her as mate!" He shrugs.
"Then how did you fall in love with her?" I ask him.
"Uhhmmmmm.... We kissed once? Accidentally when she got drunk for the first time. She said she tried some stealing from his dad's cabin. He was searching for her and she locked herself in my bathroom" he says.
Ooooh! She is a naughty one I see.
"She looked at me and held my collar. She just grabbed me and kissed me, Lina!" He cannot hide his surprise now!
"She grabbed my hands and forcefully placed them on her chest!" He says.
"Okay okay okay TMI!!!" I say forming my both hands in the shape of letter T.
"I pushed her away. She fell on my bed." He says again.
"Then what? Made out? With a sixteen year old girl?" I ask scrunching my nose in disapproval.
"No! She just slept!" He shrugged.
Huh?! Wow!
Riley came and says, "they said they have authentic Chinese desserts today. I ordered some brown sugar cakes for us!"
We both nod. Now I am curious than ever. Did Maeve have feelings towards Caleb? There is no way she wishes to do it with him in drunk state.
"Maybe wait and talk to her when she is calm. I feel she likes you!" I quickly mindlink him and then nod at whatever Riley is saying.
"Will try. Thanks" Caleb says.
I don't know about their issue. But I only know that Caleb is now talking to me, so thanks to it.
On the other hand, I really miss Donovan. What might he be doing now?
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