And Then There Were Four

"Excuse me?!" I exclaimed. "What the fuck is your problem?"

Shaking his head, Lucas turned and started making his way out of the alley like he hadn't heard what I just said, but I had no plan of letting him go. Grabbing his wrist, I stopped him in his tracks, and as he turned, I reared back my hand, slapping him across the face. "Go fuck yourself, Lucas."

Without warning, Lucas snatched me by my hair and pressed me back against the brick building he had pinned me against before. His fangs bared and with lips only inches above mine, a low growl echoed from his throat. "Don't ever do that again—"

"Or what?" I quickly said, cutting him off. "What the fuck are you going to do?"

With haste, his lips crashed against mine, and as they did, our movements turned into hungry, frenzied motions of wandering hands and heated passion. I wanted him right now, and no matter how much he denied me any other time, he couldn't in this moment. Grazing my hip with his fingers, he slid his hand beneath my leggings and cupped my aching core that throbbed with the desire to have more of him. I was wet, so fucking wet, and when Lucas realized that, a low growl of satisfaction left him.

"Is this what you wanted, Cassie?" He all but purred in my ear as a smile graced his lips, highlighting the glint of amusement that lay at the forefront of his gaze. "You wanted to be my good girl again?"

"Good girl?" I giggled as I nipped at his bottom lip. "Who said anything about being good?"

Kissing me once more, he brought me closer to the edge as his thumb rubbed circles around my clit. He made me ride out my orgasm with his hand. The euphoric bliss of his actions had me begging for more, but when I reached for his belt, he pulled back.

The empty space now between us had me whining for the loss of comfort he had created. I wasn't sure what made him stop, but as he licked his fingers clean, he shook his head with a grin. "I think I've had enough fun for the day, Cassie. Perhaps find someone to finish you off. I heard there are quite a few men who have been trying."

"Are you serious right now?" I breathed out in shock as my mouth dropped open.

He didn't hesitate to respond as he shrugged his shoulders and fixed himself. "Why would I not be? The woman who was supposed to be my mate turned out not to be mate material, after all."

His words were the metaphorical slap to my face I had been waiting for. Last night we had been so happy, entangled in each other's arms, and then with one simple phrase, he turned into the devil's son who sought to taunt me with my emotions. "You don't mean that, Lucas. I know you don't."

Laughing loudly, his smile grew wider as he shook his head. "You have no clue."

"Then why don't you enlighten me?" The words left my lips without thinking, and for a moment, I really thought he was considering what said. But then, as if he had

remembered something!

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"I'm not telling you anything, Cassie. Just do me a favor and stay away from me. I don't have time for your shit anymore."

It was the comment I had waited so long for him to say. A rejection without a rejection, and one that, as much as I thought I wouldn't care, I did.

Tears filled my eyes the moment he

disappeared from the alley. The overwhelming emotions of how he made me feel and how he broke my heart, t filled my mind. I had wanted him not to want this, and then when I actually connected with him, I lost him.

Perhaps the situation wouldn't be as rough had I actually known what it was that I did wrong. Was I a bitch to him before? Yeah, but I wanted to change for him. Trying to be the person he wanted to be with, considering I was his mate.

Yet, that wasn't good enough. Nope, instead, he wanted to pretend I never existed, just like every other man who I had ever tried to bare my heart toward.

They were all good at coming in and taking what they wanted, but the moment you tell them it's okay, and you're interested, they run away.

Debating on going home or back to the coffee shop, I hesitated and then exited the alley, turning left.

I wanted to be alone, able to process all of this myself. Yet, as soon as I got closer to the building I stayed in, a familiar voice came from behind me. "Cassie?"

Turning, my gaze landed into that of

ver

Silas, and without saying a word, he quickly wrapped his arms around me, embracing me into a hug. I didn't want to seem weak being here, but everything that had happened since the day I turned eighteen seemed to flood me, all at once breaking the dam that held

back my emotions.

For the first time in a long time, I cried hard, and there to comfort me wasn't the person I wanted. But instead, the one person I would never have expected.