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It’s been a two weeks since I arrived. There was no other encounter with Daniel after that Kyle incident. He has been ignoring me like a plaque and I’ve been sticking my nose in his business ever since then. It’s getting him frustrated.

“Hey Sera, where are you going?” Someone asked me. I turned on my heels to find Kyle crossing his arms over his chest. His muscles flexed with the moment.

“I’m going for shopping.” I shrugged casually.

“I’m also going for shopping but I’m not familiar with this place. Will you help me?” He asked me and I nodded walking towards him.

“Fine,” I mumbled as he led me to his car.

He might be thinking what has happened to me. I was flirting like Shea with him yesterday and today I’m hardly trying to make a proper conversation with him. But hey, I’m helping him. That counts for something.

“Would you mind if Will also join us?” He asked me as we were near to his car.

Will was already in backseat playing with his phone. I don’t know what they do with their phones. Maybe the distance from their pack hinders with the mind link. That’s why they need it for communication.

“Hey Sera,” Will looked at me when I entered the passenger seat as Kyle opened door for me.

“Hi Will.” I smiled at him buckling my seat belt.

“You know about local supermarket. I want so many things. I’m running out of proper clothes.” He said cocking his head. His grey eyes gazed at me.

“I was going there. Now I have company. What happened to your clothes?” I asked leaning back on my seat.

“I can’t even find their vestiges. They all got torn while shifting.” He grumbled crossing his arms over his chest and puffed his cheeks in anger.

I chuckled at his childish display of annoyance.

“We will get you new clothes then.” I looked out of the window as houses sprinted past the car while Kyle and Will talked about their pack. I shut out their conversation and enjoyed my own silence.

Once we parked, Will was practically jumping up and down. I had never thought of him as a playful kind of boy. Sure I’ve seen him ogling Shea’s legs or her butt sometimes. I could only imagine him as a pervert but I don’t think he is one now.

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“What do you think about this one?” Will asked holding a t-shirt in front of his torso.

I shook my head. It was a black color t-shirt with lines ‘I’m bigger than you think’.

“Why? You say no to every t-shirt I pick.” He whined in a childish tone.

It’s a warning- don’t get moved by his childish behavior. He is still a pervert.

“Hey Will, try this one.” A blood red t-shirt came flying and smacked Will right on his face. It fell down and Will scowled at Kyle before holding it in front of him.

‘I’m not silly, I suck Willy’ written on it. I burst out in a fit of laughter and Will glared at Kyle who just smirked.

“Will will Willy, Will.” I grinned at Will who still had a scowl on his tanned face.

“Shut up,” He grumbled throwing the t-shirt back to Kyle.

I heard sound of giggling coming from left where two girls stood looking at Will. When Will noticed this, he turned into a beet root.

“What are you laughing at? Leave.” He yelled at them and both hurried away from him.

Will launched himself on Kyle and I chuckled at them before leaving them on their own.

I have to buy new shoes. My sneakers are not really enough good to walk in woods. I need something better that can maintain enough friction to prevent my fall. I don’t want to bleed in forest and attract trouble. While I was testing various shoes, I heard a giggle, a very familiar one.

Shea was standing with a red head. They both were dressed in what I can call clothes of five year old. The amount of skin their dresses showed was enough for horny werewolf to get all wrong ideas. Some werewolves were even eyeing them and they were giggling when they noticed the attention they got. Shea went as far as winking at a human who grew thousands shades of red at her gesture.

I rolled my eyes and got back to fit my feet in new red and black shoes. They can do whatever they want. Who am I to judge? As long as they are away from me, I’m fine.

“Look who’s here?” I heard the same voice and groaned internally.

I mouthed some curses still facing away from them before turning around with a sweet smile on my face. It was not a problem before but since last few days Shea had been watching me like a hawk in pack house. When Daniel is unable to ignore me, she makes sure he doesn’t make a conversation with me. I think she knows Daniel is my mate. Maybe he had told her. I mean she knew she was not his mate so there must be someone and he might have told her that I’m the one. But I’m not exactly sure about it.

Red head eyed me as if I was plaque. I remember her one of Shea’s followers.

“Who is this?” Red head asked with distaste.

Feeling is mutual dear.

“Sera. Don’t you remember her? Her mate was a rogue but he ran away. After rejecting her. Poor girl lost her wolf.” Shea said with fake sympathy in her voice. I wanted to throttle her.

And what is this about my mate running away after rejecting me?

“What are you talking about?” I frowned at her.

“Daniel told me about your tragedy. I almost feel bad for you. Almost. Who will feel a thing for a worthless girl like you?” She said it with a sinister smile.

If I didn’t know Daniel was not her mate, I would have seriously felt bad at her words. Who is she to say me those things when she herself doesn’t know about whereabouts of her own mate. I heard Daniel’s thoughts and what he did to Shea’s mate. She wanted her mate but Daniel took him away from her, or should I say her rogue mate willingly left her.

We are on same page. She is rejected by her mate. I’m rejected by her mate. It’s another matter I didn’t accept her rejection and she did. I wonder why she accepted the rejection. Her mind is a mystery to me, not that I’m interested to solve it.

“Definitely not you. And I don’t need pity. I’m fine the way I am now. With your mate providing me protection every time.” I shrugged casually with an urge to stomp on her pride. To stand against her. To show her down.

I knew it was wrong and Blake would never approve of it but I couldn’t help myself.

Was it jealousy?

“Sera, where were…” Kyle popped out of nowhere. His eyes trailed up and down the frame of both the girls.

I rolled my eyes.

Typical Boy

“…you?” he finished returning his gaze back to me as if he was not eyeing both girls.

“Shoes,” I gestured the racks with my hand and he nodded.

“Kyle,” Shea’s irritating voice peeped, “What are you doing here with this?” She looked at me as if I was some kind of disease.

“I was shopping with this beautiful creature.” He said placing his hands on my shoulders from behind. I smirked at surprised look on her face before it was replaced by a nauseating smile.

“What a surprise for you then! You met a more beautiful creature.” She giggled.

I was confused at first wondering why did she and her cherry head friend had smug looks on their faces. It took only seconds to know what she meant. By the time I did, Kyle was laughing uncontrollably.

I was silent while Shea was smirking evilly at me.

Guess I lose today. I can’t control Kyle now, can I?

“That was a nice joke Shea.” those words left Kyle’s mouth and Shea’s jaw dropped. Red head widened her eyes staring at Kyle as if he was creature from another world which brought smirk on my face.

Shea stood there glaring at me as if I spoke them and not Kyle. She eyed me up and down in disgust and scoffed.

“Did you find your shoes?” Kyle asked standing at my side. His arm went around my shoulder which I didn’t mind because he was not caressing my arm with his hand. I took it more as a friendly gesture which was a risk to take because we were flirting three days ago.

“Yeah, I was looking for them when Shea and…” I trailed off, my eyes travelling back and forth between Shea and red head.

“Delilah,” red head said rudely to me. I had an urge to roll my eyes. Their inspiration is from Mean Girls.

“When Shea and Delilah showed up,” I completed my sentence.

“Call me Luna,” Shea spat at me and I smirked at her.

“Okay, Loo-na,” I said feeling like a badass and she glared at me. Even a growled erupted from her throat.

Okay, I can’t do that. I will only end up getting a coughing fit if I try.

Her expressions cooled and I smelled it in air, similar scent of Daniel.

“Daniel,” she said rather loudly and walked past us to my so-called mate standing behind few feet behind me.

“Shea,” I heard his voice which was following by kissing noises. When I turned around along with Kyle, both were sucking faces of each other like there was no tomorrow.

I hated the fact that he responded to her kisses. And I hated that he accepted a girl who is not even his mate.

My eyes were glued to the couple which I pried away when there was a swift movement in background.

Kyle immediately turned on his heels. His arm was still around my shoulder which made me stumble and I ended up losing my balance. I could have face planted on floor if Kyle’s arm hadn’t encircled around my waist, holding me tight to him.

My face was buried in his hard chest. I pulled away in lightning speed standing erect while Kyle stared at me wide eyed clearly confused at my sudden reaction but my eyes darted to red head and the blonde who were looking at each other like love struck teenagers.

“You-you are my mate,” Delilah said to Will before he crashed his lips with her.